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Name: Brackebuschite RRUFF ID: R050547 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH) Locality: Cordoba, Argentina Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2423 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown lathlike crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Brackebuschite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050547.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.603(9)Å b: 6.107(6)Å c: 8.87(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.06(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 381.8(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Brackebuschite | |
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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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Rammelsberg C (1880) Ueber die Vanadinerze aus dem Staat Córdoba in Argentinien, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 32, 708-713 [view file] |
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Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file] |
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Barnes W H, Qurashi M M (1952) Unit cell and space group data for certain vanadium minerals, American Mineralogist, 37, 407-422 |
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Donaldson D M, Barnes W H (1955) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite group and adelite groups: III - brackebuschite, American Mineralogist, 40, 597-613 [view file] |
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Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1967) Structural similarities of some secondary lead minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 522-529 [view file] |
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Foley J A, Hughes J M, Lange D (1997) The atomic arrangement of brackebuschite, redefined as Pb2(Mn3+,Fe3+)(VO4)2(OH), and comments on Mn3+ octahedra, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1027-1033 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 652-656 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 181-184 [view file] |
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Lafuente B, Downs R T (2016) Redetermination of brackebuschite, Pb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E72, 293-296 [view file] |
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