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Name: Messelite RRUFF ID: R210009 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O Locality: Palermo mine, Grafton Co., New Hampshire Source: Tom Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of white to colorless bladed or thin-platy crystals, associated with vivianite and acicular strunzite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R210009 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.518(9)Å b: 5.792(10)Å c: 6.607(11)Å alpha: 89.91(9) ° beta: 102.27(8)° gamma: 108.89(7)° Volume: 194.7(8)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Messelite | |
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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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Muthmann W (1890) Messelit, ein neues Mineral, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 17, 93-94 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1955) Neomesselite and beta-roselite: two new members of the fairfieldite group, American Mineralogist, 40, 828-833 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file] |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U (2003) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains. An update, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 218, 553-567 |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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