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Name: Schultenite RRUFF ID: R050584 Ideal Chemistry: Pb(AsO3OH) Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 14754 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic crystals with obvious striations, associated with keyite, R050585, and zincolivenite, R050583 Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R050584.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.885(2)Å b: 6.754(3)Å c: 5.843(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.39(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 190.74(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Schultenite | |
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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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Spencer L J, Mountain E D (1926) Schultenite, a new mineral, from South-West Africa, Mineralogical Magazine, 21, 149-155 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 295-296 [view file] |
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Effenberger H, Pertlik F (1986) Schultenit, PbHAsO4, und PbHPO4: synthesen und kristallstrukturen nebst einer diskussion zur symmetrie, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 35, 157-166 |
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Wilson C C, Cox P J, Stewart N S (1991) Structure and disorder in schultenite, lead hydrogen arsenate, Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research, 21, 589-593 |
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Kolitsch U, Tillmanns E (2006) A new mineral: PbHPO4, the phosphate analogue of schultenite, 19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Kobe, Japan, 19, P31.02-P31.02 [view file] |
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