Dickthomssenite R070165

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Name: Dickthomssenite
RRUFF ID: R070165
Ideal Chemistry: MgV2O6·7H2O
Locality: Firefly-Pigmay mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100559 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light brown radiating acicular crystals, portion of the type material. Unit cell is triclinc, twinned around a-axis. The monoclinc cell of Hughes et al (2001) is obtained by doubling our b-axis, and transforming.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070165
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070165.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.184(3)Å    b: 9.862(5)Å    c: 16.305(7)Å
alpha: 97.48(2)°    beta: 90.10(2)°    gamma: 100.39(2)°   Volume: 1126.2(5)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Dickthomssenite

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]

Hughes J M, Cureton F E, Marty J, Gault R A, Gunter M E, Campana C F, Rakovan J, Sommer A, Brueseke M E (2001) Dickthomssenite, Mg(V2O6)·7H2O, a new mineral species from the Firefly-Pigmay Mine, Utah: descriptive mineralogy and arrangement of atoms, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1691-1700   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 1731-1735   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1215-1234   [view file]