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Name: Ziesite RRUFF ID: R070482 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2V5+2O7 Locality: Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador Source: Michael Scott S103064 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown to black poorly-formed grains scattered over white efflorescent material, co-type material, associated with well-formed crystals of fingerite, R070614 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070482.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.697(3)Å b: 8.037(3)Å c: 10.107(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 110.33(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 586.3(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ziesite | |
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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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Hughes J M, Birnie R W (1980) Ziesite, ß-Cu2V2O7, a new copper vanadate and fumarole temperature indicator, American Mineralogist, 65, 1146-1149 [view file] |
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Hughes J M, Brown M A (1989) The crystal structure of ziesite, β-Cu2V2O7, a thortveitite-type structure with a non-linear X-O-X inter-tetrahedral bond, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 41-47 |
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Krivovichev S V, Filatov S K, Cherepansky P N, Armbuster T, Pankratova O Y (2005) Crystal structure of γ-Cu2V2O7 and its comparison to blossite (α-Cu2V2O7) and ziesite (β-Cu2V2O7), The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 671-677 [view file] |
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Yashima M, Suzuki R O (2009) Electronic structure and magnetic properties of monoclinic β-Cu2V2O7: A GGA+U study, Physical Review B, 79, 125201-6 |
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