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Name: Dixenite RRUFF ID: R100044 Ideal Chemistry: Cu1+Fe3+Mn2+14(As5+O4)(As3+O3)5(SiO4)2(OH)6 Locality: Moss mine, Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin tabular reddish-brown hexagonal plates, associated with synadelphite and colorless or grey allactite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Hematolite (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100044.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.246(4)Å b: 8.246(4)Å c: 37.235(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 2192.6(5)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Dixenite | |
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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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Flink G (1920) Trigonit och dixenit, två nya mineral från Långbanshytte gruvor, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 42, 436-452 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 92-95 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Araki T, Moore P B (1981) Dixenite, Cu1+Mn2+14Fe3+(OH)6(As3+O3)5(Si4+O4)2(As5+O4): metallic [As3+4Cu1+] clusters in an oxide matrix, American Mineralogist, 66, 1263-1273 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M (2021) The suppression of lone-pair stereoactivity in [Cu+(As3+O3 )4 ] clusters in dixenite: A tribute to Paul B. Moore, American Mineralogist, 106, 1580-1585 |
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