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Name: Lindgrenite RRUFF ID: R110061 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)2 Locality: Childs Aldwinkle mine, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, USA Source: Ron Gibbs [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green needles Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Lindgrenite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110061.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.4015(8)Å b: 14.040(2)Å c: 5.6153(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 98.456(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 421.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Lindgrenite | |
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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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Palache C (1935) Lindgrenite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 20, 484-491 [view file] |
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Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760 [view file] |
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Calvert L D, Barnes W H (1957) The structure of lindgrenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 31-51 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Eby R K (1985) Refinement of the crystal structure of lindgrenite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1985, 234-240 |
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Pavani K, Ramanan A (2005) Influence of 2-Aminopyridine on the Formation of Molybdates under Hydrothermal Conditions, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 3080-3087 |
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Bao R L, Kong Z P, Cu M, Yue B, Weng L H, He H Y (2006) Hydrothermal synthesis and thermal stability of natural mineral lindgrenite, Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 22, 679-683 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, Pauliš P, Vrtiška L, Pour O, Dvořák Z (2023) Lindgrenite, monoclinic Cu3(MoO4)(OH)2, from Cínovec, Krušné hory Mountains - the first occurrence in the Czech Republic, Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie, 31, 41-46 |
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