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Name: Veenite RRUFF ID: R130407 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2(Sb,As)2S5 Locality: Madoc, Ontario, Canada Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Steel gray metallic massive with red internal reflections, associated with boulangerite, reddish-brown sphalerite, and calcite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130407.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.426(1)Å b: 26.079(5)Å c: 8.963(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 117.468(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1747.4(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Veenite | |
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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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Jambor J L (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 1, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 7-24 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1775-1780 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Kato A (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1421-1427 [view file] |
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Skowron A, Brown I D (1990) Structure of Pb2Sb2S5, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 534-536 |
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