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Name: Mimetite-M RRUFF ID: R070146 Ideal Chemistry: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Locality: Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Source: Michael Scott S101900 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish green crystals coated with white feathery hydroxylapatite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Mimetite-M samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070146.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.194(3)Å b: 20.390(6)Å c: 7.428(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 119.93(9)° Volume: 1338.0(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Mimetite-M | |
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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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Dai Y, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 369-376 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 2020-2026 [view file] |
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Dai Y (1993) Clinomimetite the history and substantiation of the natural monoclinic dimorph of mimetite, The Mineralogical Record, 24, 307-310 |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 185-189 [view file] |
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Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file] |
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Baikie R, Schreyer M, Wei F, Herrin J S, Ferraris C, Brink F, Topolska J, Piltz R O, Price J, White T J (2014) The influence of stereochemically active lone-pair electrons on crystal symmetry and twist angles in lead apatite-2H type structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 325-345 |
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