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Name: Chalcomenite RRUFF ID: R060586 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(Se4+O3)·2H2O Locality: El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia Source: Michael Scott S100185 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue crystalline mass, associated with white needles of calcite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060586.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 6.650(4)Å b: 9.128(5)Å c: 7.343(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 445.7(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Chalcomenite | |
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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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Des Cloizeaux A, Damour A A (1881) Note sur la chalcoménite, nouvelle espèce minérale (sélénite de cuivre), Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 51-55 [view file] |
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Gattow V G (1958) Die Kristallstruktur von CuSeO3·2H2O (Chalkomenit), Acta Crystallographica, 11, 377-383 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (1964) Mineralogical notes: X-ray powder data for teineite and chalcomenite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1481-1485 [view file] |
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Effenberger H (1977) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von synthetischem Teineit CuTeO3·2H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 287-298 |
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Lo K, Wei J, Zhang J, Gu Q (1980) Clinochalcomenite, a new mineral of selenite, Kexue Tongbao, 25, 427-433 [view file] |
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Lo K, Chen Z, Ma Z (1984) The crystal structure of clinochalcomenite, Kexue Tongbao, 29, 352-355 [view file] |
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Pasero M, Perchiazzi N (1989) Chalcomenite from Baccu Locci, Sardinia, Italy: mineral data and structure refinement, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 551-556 |
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Robinson P D, Gupta P K S, Swihart G H, Houk L (1992) Crystal structure, H positions, and the Se lone pair of synthetic chalcomenite, Cu(H2O)2[SeO3], American Mineralogist, 77, 834-838 [view file] |
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Charykova M V, Lelet M I, Krivovichev V G, Ivanova N M, Suleimanov E V (2017) A calorimetric and thermodynamic investigation of the synthetic analogue of chalcomenite, CuSeO3·2H2O, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 269-277 |
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