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Name: Protochabournéite RRUFF ID: R140583 Ideal Chemistry: Tl4-xPb2+2xSb20-x-yAsyS34 (with 0.02 ≤ x ≤ 0.34, 5.71 ≤ y ≤ 6.69) Locality: Monte Arsiccio mine, Sant'Anna Di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Source: Stefan Schorn [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black metallic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Chabourneite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140583.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.111(2)Å b: 8.670(2)Å c: 21.499(5)Å alpha: 85.12(1)° beta: 96.39(1)° gamma: 88.76(1)° Volume: 1496.2(5)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Protochabournéite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 11. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2887-2893 [view file] |
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Orlandi P, Biagioni C, Moelo Y, Bonaccorsi E, Paar W H (2013) Lead-antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). XIII. Protochabournéite, ~Tl2Pb(Sb9-8As1-2)Σ10S17, from the Monte Arsiccio mine: occurrence, crystal structure, and relationship with chabournéite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 475-494 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Gagne O C (2015) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 100, 1649-1654 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 910-915 [view file] |
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