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Name: Metarossite RRUFF ID: R060598 Ideal Chemistry: CaV5+2O6·2H2O Locality: Arrowhead Claim, Slick Rock, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Source: Michael Scott S100799 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light yellow massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Metarossite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060598.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.2096(4)Å b: 7.0669(3)Å c: 7.7548(2)Å alpha: 93.147(7)° beta: 96.538(3)° gamma: 105.99(1)° Volume: 323.66(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Metarossite | |
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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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Foshag W F, Hess F L (1927) Rossite and metarossite; two new vanadates from Colorado, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 72, 1-12 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 158-160 [view file] |
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Barnes W H, Qurashi M M (1952) Unit cell and space group data for certain vanadium minerals, American Mineralogist, 37, 407-422 |
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Kelsey C H, Barnes W H (1960) The crystal structure of metarossite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 448-466 [view file] |
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Baran E J, Cabello C I, Nord A G (1987) Raman spectra of some MIIV2O6 brannerite-type metavanadates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 18, 405-407 |
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Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L (2004) Hydrogen bonding in selected vanadates: a Raman and infrared spectroscopy study, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2419 |
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Kobsch A, Downs R T, Domanik K J (2016) Redetermination of metarossite, CaV5+2O6·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, E72, 1280-1284 [view file] |
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