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Name: Bismutite RRUFF ID: R050634 Ideal Chemistry: Bi2O2(CO3) Locality: Outpost mine, Wickenburg, White Picacho District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13158 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale brown flattened spear-head shaped crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Bismutite (3) ] | ||
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RRUFF ID: | R050634.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.876(4)Å b: 3.877(4)Å c: 13.83(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 207.8(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Bismutite | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A (1841) XV. Ueber das natürliche kohlensaure Wismutoxyd, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 23, 627-630 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1943) Mineralogy of the oxides and carbonates of bismuth, American Mineralogist, 28, 521-535 [view file] |
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Grice J D (2002) A solution to the crystal structures of bismutite and beyerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 693-698 [view file] |
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