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Mandarinoite R220014

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Name: Mandarinoite
RRUFF ID: R220014
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O
Locality: Wind Mountain mine, Washoe County, Nevada, U.S.A.
Source: Jim McGlasson
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of or individual very pale blue prismatic or bladed crystals, on top of fine pale yellow alunite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Mandarinoite (3) ]
Quick search: [ All Mandarinoite samples (2) ]
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R220014
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 16.868(5) Å    b: 7.904(3)Å    c: 10.042(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 98.26(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1325(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Mandarinoite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Sturman B D (1978) Mandarinoite, a new ferric-iron selenite from Bolivia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 605-609   [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 205-210   [view file]

Lasmanis R, Nagel J, Sturman B D, Gait R I (1981) Mandarinoite from the De Lamar silver mine, Owyhee County, Idaho, U.S.A, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 409-410   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1984) The crystal structure of mandarinoite, Fe3+2Se3O9·6H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 475-480   [view file]

Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441   [view file]