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Name: Bromargyrite RRUFF ID: R070338 Ideal Chemistry: AgBr Locality: Broken Hill Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green colloidal looking aggregate of octahedra Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Rocksalt (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Bromargyrite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070338.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.6322(2)Å b: 5.6322(2)Å c: 5.6322(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 178.66(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Bromargyrite | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A, Plattner C F (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Embolit oder Bromchlorsilber, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 153, 134-135 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI, Physical Review B, 59, 750-761 |
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