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Name: Uchucchacuaite RRUFF ID: R100213 Ideal Chemistry: AgMnPb3Sb5S12 Locality: Uchuc-Chacua, Lima, Peru Source: Mark N. Feinglos [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright silver metallic massive, associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Lillianite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Uchucchacuaite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100213.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.365(1)Å b: 12.7287(8)Å c: 8.7571(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.059(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2158.5(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Uchucchacuaite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Moëlo Y, Oudin E, Picot P, Caye R (1984) L'uchucchacuaïte, AgMnPb3Sb5S12, une nouvelle espèce minérale de la série de l'andorite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 597-604 |
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Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file] |
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Liu H, Chang L L Y, Knowles C R (1994) The Mn isotype of andorite and uchucchacuaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 185-188 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Feinglos M N, Tait K T (2011) Crystal structure of uchucchacuaite, AgMnPb3Sb5S12, and its relationship with ramdohrite and fizélyite, American Mineralogist, 96, 1186-1189 [view file] |
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