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Name: Bendadaite RRUFF ID: R080112 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O Locality: Almerindo mine, Linópolis district, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of colorless to yellow acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ Arthurite (7) ] |
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REFERENCES for Bendadaite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Kolitsch U, Atencio D, Chukanov N V, Zubkova N V, Menezes L A D, Coutinho J M V, Birch W D, Schlüter J, Pohl D, Kampf A R, Steele I M, Favreau G, Nasdala L, Möckel S, Giester G, Pushcharovsky D Y (2010) Bendadaite, a new iron arsenate mineral of the arthurite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 469-486 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, Tvrdý J, Čejka J, Vrtika L, Dolníček Z (2019) Bendadaite from Krásno near Horní Slavkov (Czech Republic), description and Raman spectroscopy, Bulletin Mineralogicko-Petrologického Oddelení Národního Muzea (Praha), 27, 63-71 [view file] |
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