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Name: Tyrrellite RRUFF ID: R060481 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(Co,Ni)2Se4 Locality: Eagle Claims, near Hal Lake, Beaverlodge Lake area, Saskatchewan, Canada Source: Michael Scott S100238 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray metallic bleb Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060481.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.003(1)Å b: 10.003(1)Å c: 10.003(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1000.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Tyrrellite | |
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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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Machatschki F, Stradner E (1952) Ein Selenid-Mineral vom Spinelltyp, Oesterreische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematich-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, 89, 211-213 [view file] |
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Robinson S C, Brooker E J (1952) Notes and news: a cobalt-nickel-copper selenide from the Goldfields District, Saskatchewan, American Mineralogist, 37, 542-544 [view file] |
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Harris D C (1970) New data on tyrrellite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 731-736 [view file] |
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Yang H, Hubler D K, Lavina B, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Tyrrellite, Cu(Co0.68Ni0.32)2Se4, isostructural with spinel, Acta Crystallographica, C63, i73-i74 [view file] |
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Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file] |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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