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Name: Hutchinsonite RRUFF ID: R060789 Ideal Chemistry: TlPbAs5S9 Locality: Peru Source: Michael Scott S101056 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Deep red acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060789.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.813(3)Å b: 35.431(9)Å c: 8.160(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3126(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Hutchinsonite | |
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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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Solly R H (1905) Some new minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland, Mineralogical Magazine, 14, 72-82 [view file] |
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Takéuchi Y, Ghose S, Nowacki W (1965) The crystal structure of hutchinsonite, (Tl,Pb)2As5S9, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 121, 321-348 [view file] |
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Matsushita Y, Takéuchi Y (1994) Refinement of the crystal structure of hutchinsonite, TlPbAs5S9, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 209, 475-478 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Hutchinsonite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 84-85 |
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