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Name: Arthurite RRUFF ID: R060235 Ideal Chemistry: CuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O Locality: Copper Stope, Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA Source: Michael Scott S100155 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Divergent sprays of green thin prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Arthurite (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060235.9 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.168(5)Å b: 9.618(7)Å c: 5.582(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 92.18(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 545.5(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Arthurite | |
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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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Davis R J, Hey M H (1964) Arthurite, a new copper-iron arsenate from Cornwall, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 937-941 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 519-522 [view file] |
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Davis R J, Hey M H (1969) The cell-contents of arthurite redetermined, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 520-521 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file] |
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Keller P, Hess H (1978) Die kristallstruktur von arthurit, CuFe3+2[(H2O)4|(OH)2|(AsO4)2], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 133, 291-302 |
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Frost R L, Duong L, Martens W (2003) Molecular assembly in secondary minerals - Raman spectroscopy of the arthurite group species arthurite and whitmoreite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 223-240 |
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Callegari A M, Boiocchi M, Ciriotti M E, Balestra C (2012) Coralloite, Mn2+Mn3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O, a new mixed valence Mn hydrate arsenate: crystal structure and relationships with bermanite and whitmoreite mineral groups, American Mineralogist, 97, 727-734 [view file] |
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