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|   |   | Name: Dietrichite RRUFF ID: R070381 Ideal Chemistry: ZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O Locality: Baia Sprie mine (Felsöbánya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures County, Romania Source: Michael Scott S103879 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light brown fibrous in tufted aggregates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Halotrichite (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070381.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.1843(3)Å    b: 24.2798(7)Å    c: 21.2341(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.362(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3136.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Dietrichite | |
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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] | |
| Schroeckinger F (1878) Dietrichit, ein neuer Alaun aus Ungarn, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 1878, 189-191 [view file] | |
| Ballirano P, Bellatreccia F, Grubessi O (2003) New crystal-chemical and structural data of dietrichite, ideally ZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O, a member of the halotrichite group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 1043-1049 | |
| Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75 | |
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