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Name: Vauquelinite RRUFF ID: R060676 Ideal Chemistry: CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) Locality: Beresovsk, near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia Source: Michael Scott S100222 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black wedge-shaped crystals, dark-green in thin crystal fragments, associated with yellowish-brown fine-grains and darker reddish-orange prismatic crocoite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Vauquelinite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060676.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.748(4)Å b: 5.815(1)Å c: 9.582(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.19(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 764.0(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Vauquelinite | |
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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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Berzelius J (1818) Undersökning af ett hittills obemärkt Fossil, som stundom följer den Siberiska kromsyrade blyoxiden, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 6, 246-254 [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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Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1968) The crystal structure of vauquelinite and the relationships to fornacite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 433-443 [view file] |
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Cesbron F, Williams S A (1980) Iranite-hémihédrite, bellite, phoenicochroite, vauquelinite et fornacite: synthèse et nouvelles données, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 469-477 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47 |
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Frost R L (2004) Raman microscopy of selected chromate minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 153-158 |
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