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Name: Chalcanthite RRUFF ID: R060102 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(SO4)·5H2O Locality: synthetic Source: Jacque Reynard, Greg Schmidt Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Chalcanthite (8) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chalcanthite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060102.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.1158(6)Å b: 10.7132(7)Å c: 5.9594(4)Å alpha: 82.353(6)° beta: 107.336(7)° gamma: 102.615(5)° Volume: 362.75(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Chalcanthite | |
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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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Dioscorides P, [Translated by Cornarius J, 1557] (70) Chalcantum, in De materia medica Libri V. Froben Basileae 451-453 [view file] |
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Kupffer A F (1826) Ueber die Krystallisation des Kupfervitriols, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über das ein- und eingliedrige oder tetartoprismatische System, Annalen der Physik, 84, 215-230 [view file] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Cyanose, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 486-486 [view file] |
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von Kobell F (1853) Chalkanthit, in Die Mineral-Namen und die Mineralogische Nomenklatur J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung München 80-80 [view file] |
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Lakshman S V J, Reddy B J (1973) Optical absorption spectra of Cu2+ in chalcanthite and malachite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 207-210 [view file] |
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Bacon G E, Titterton D H (1975) Neutron-diffraction studies of CuSO4·5(H2O) and CuSO4·5(D2O), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 330-341 [view file] |
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Mestres L, Martinez M L, Rodriguez A (1987) The isomorphism between CuSeO4·5H2O and CuSO4·5H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 180, 179-187 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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