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Name: Ottoite RRUFF ID: R130126 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2TeO5 Locality: Grand Central mine, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of pale yellow-green spear-shaped crystals, in subparallel to divergent intergrowths. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130126.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.525(1)Å b: 5.7119(5)Å c: 10.865(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.31(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 466.88(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ottoite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] |
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Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Marty J, Thorne B (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral with chains of tellurate octahedra, American Mineralogist, 95, 1329-1336 [view file] |
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Marty J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Weiβ S (2010) Seltene neue Tellurmineralien aus Kalifornien, Utah, Arizona und New Mexico (USA), Lapis, 35, 42-51; 66 |
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