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Name: Trigonite RRUFF ID: R100050 Ideal Chemistry: Pb3Mn2+(AsO3)2(AsO2OH) Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow masses, some with crystal faces Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100050.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.243(3)Å b: 6.808(3)Å c: 11.070(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.48(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 545.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Trigonite | |
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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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Flink G (1920) Trigonit och dixenit, två nya mineral från Långbanshytte gruvor, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 42, 436-452 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 92-95 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Pertlik F (1978) The crystal structure of trigonite, Pb3Mn(AsO3)2(AsO2OH), Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 25, 95-105 |
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