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Name: Gunningite RRUFF ID: R070571 Ideal Chemistry: Zn(SO4)·H2O Locality: Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Fine white powder, with minor component of boyleite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Kieserite (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070571.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, with minor component of boyleite | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.9629(3)Å b: 7.5979(3)Å c: 7.6822(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 118.258(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 357.98(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Gunningite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Boyle R W (1962) Gunningite, a new zinc sulphate from the Keno Hill Galena Hill area, Yukon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 209-218 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Wildner M, Giester G (1991) The crystal structures of kieserite-type compounds. I. Crystal structures of Me(II)SO4·H2O (Me = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1991, 296-306 |
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