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Name: Tugarinovite RRUFF ID: R100218 Ideal Chemistry: MoO2 Locality: Mining concentrate Source: Mike Carducci, Climax Molybdenum Technology Center Owner: RRUFF Description: Black unconsolidated powder, representing a mixture with a Mo-oxide. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Rutile (23) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100218.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.6073(2)Å b: 4.8562(1)Å c: 5.6252(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 120.934(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 131.388(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Tugarinovite | |
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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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Kruglova V G, Poteryaikina A A, Sidorenko G A, Dubakina L S, Ryabeva E G (1980) Tugarinovite, (MoO2), a new hypogene molybdenum mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 109, 465-468 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 436-439 [view file] |
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Ghedira M, Do-Dinh C, Marezio M, Mercier J (1985) The crystal structure of Mo0.975Ti0.025O2 between 24 und 900°C, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 59, 159-167 |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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