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Name: Clinobisvanite RRUFF ID: R070401 Ideal Chemistry: Bi(VO4) Locality: Linka mine (Garnetite mine), Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander County, Nevada, USA Source: Michael Scott S104748 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange platy crust on quartz associated with bismutite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070401.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.137(5)Å b: 5.136(5)Å c: 11.693(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90.27(6)° Volume: 308.51(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Clinobisvanite | |
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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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Bridge P J, Pryce M W (1974) Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 847-849 [view file] |
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Sleight A W, Chen H Y, Ferretti A, Cox D E (1979) Crystal growth and structure of BiVO4, Materials Research Bulletin, 14, 1571-1581 |
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Foord E E (1996) Clinobisvanite, eulytite, and namibite from the Pala pegmatite district, San Diego Co., California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 387-388 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Henry D A, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) Raman spectroscopy of three polymorphs of BiVO4: clinobisvanite, dreyerite and pucherite, with comparisons to (VO4)3-bearing minerals: namibite, pottsite and schumacherite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37, 722-732 |
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