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|   |   | Name: Tinticite RRUFF ID: R190028 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O Locality: Rocabruna mines, Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Source: Joan Rosell, Jordi Ibáñez (CSIC-ITJA), Tariq Jawhari (CCiTUB) Owner: Joan Rosell Description: White, fine-grained spherical aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Quick search: [ All Tinticite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R190028 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, with some quartz | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.9501(7)Å    b: 9.974(1)Å    c: 7.634(1)Å alpha: 103.86(1)° beta: 115.835(9)° gamma: 67.855(7)° Volume: 502.57(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Tinticite | |
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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] | |
| Stringham B (1946) Tinticite, a new mineral from Utah, American Mineralogist, 31, 395-400 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 371-374 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 1399-1404 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file] | |
| Rius J, Louer D, Louer M, Gali S, Melgarejo J C (2000) Structure solution from powder data of the phosphate hydrate tinticite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 581-588 | |
| Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 376-379 [view file] | |
| Kolitsch U, Lengauer C L, Giester G (2016) Crystal structure and isotypism of the iron(III) arsenate kamarizaite and the iron(III) phosphate tinticite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 71-81 | |
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