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|   |   | Name: Tiemannite RRUFF ID: R050550 Ideal Chemistry: HgSe Locality: Queretaro, Mexico Source: Dave Bunk Minerals Owner: RRUFF Description: Grey semi-metallic fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Sphalerite (35) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Tiemannite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050550.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.0143(2)Å    b: 6.0143(2)Å    c: 6.0143(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 217.55(3)Å3 Crystal System: cubic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Tiemannite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Naumann C F (1855) XI. Classe. Galenoide oder Glanze. B. Selenische Glanze. 531. Selenmercur oder Tiemannit, in Elemente der Mineralogie Wilhelm Engelmann Leipzig 425-425 [view file] | |
| deJong W F (1926) Die Struktur des Tiemannit und Kolodradoit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 63, 466-472 [view file] | |
| Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364 [view file] | |
| Boctor N Z, Kullerud G (1986) Mercury selenide stoichiometry and phase relations in the mercury-selenium system, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 177-183 | |
| Biagioni C, Orlandi P (2009) Tiemannite e metacinabro della miniera Buca Della Vena (Alpi Apuane), Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 114, 13-17 | |
| Drábek M, Vymazalová A, Laufek F (2014) The system Hg-Pd-Se at 400 °C: phase relations involving tischendorfite and other ternary phases, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 763-768 | |
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