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Name: Terlinguaite RRUFF ID: R060492 Ideal Chemistry: Hg2OCl Locality: Mariposa mine, Terlingua Mining District, Brewster County, Texas, USA Source: Michael Scott S100036 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green colored mass showing perfect cleavage Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Terlinguaite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060492.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.959(3)Å b: 5.910(1)Å c: 9.472(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.58(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 644.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Terlinguaite | |
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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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Turner H W (1900) The Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas, Mining and Scientific Press, 81, 64-64 [view file] |
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Moses A J (1903) Eglestonite, terlinguaite, and montroydite, new mercury minerals from Terlingua, Texas, American Journal of Science, Fourth Series, 16, 253-263 [view file] |
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Moses A J (1904) Eglestonit, Terlinguaït und Montroydit, neue Quecksilbermineralien von Terlingua in Texas, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 39, 3-13 [view file] |
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Turner H W (1906) The Terlinqua Quicksilver deposits, Economic Geology, 1, 265-281 [view file] |
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Aurivillius K, Folkmarson L (1968) The crystal structure of terlinguaite Hg4O2Cl2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 2529-2540 |
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Brodersen K, Göbel G, Liehr G (1989) Terlinguait Hg4O2Cl2 - ein Mineral mit ungewöhnlichen Hg3-Baueinheiten, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 575, 145-153 |
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