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Name: Namibite RRUFF ID: R060782 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH) Locality: Khorixas, Darmaraland, Namibia Source: Michael Scott S101297 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green irregularly formed crystals associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060782.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.122(6)Å b: 7.28(1)Å c: 7.38(1)Å alpha: 90.06(7)° beta: 108.94(5)° gamma: 107.19(6)° Volume: 296.0(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Namibite | |
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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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von Knorring O, Sahama T G (1981) Namibite, a new copper-bismuth-vanadium mineral from Namibia, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 61, 7-12 |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 854-860 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1073-1077 [view file] |
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Foord E E (1996) Clinobisvanite, eulytite, and namibite from the Pala pegmatite district, San Diego Co., California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 387-388 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47 |
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Kolitsch U, Giester G (2000) The crystal structure of namibite, Cu(BiO)2VO4(OH), and revision of its symmetry, American Mineralogist, 85, 1298-1301 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Henry D A, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) Raman spectroscopy of three polymorphs of BiVO4: clinobisvanite, dreyerite and pucherite, with comparisons to (VO4)3-bearing minerals: namibite, pottsite and schumacherite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37, 722-732 |
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