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Name: Nissonite RRUFF ID: R100068 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O Locality: Boss mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue bladed crystals associated with green malachite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100068.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 22.495(6)Å b: 5.015(2)Å c: 10.500(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.70(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1167.6(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nissonite | |
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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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Mrose M E, Meyrowitz R, Alfors J T, Chesterman C W (1966) Nissonite, CuMg(PO4)(OH)·2½H2O, a new hydrous copper magnesium phosphate mineral from the Panoche Valley, California·, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings, 1966, 145-146 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 925-929 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file] |
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Bayliss P (1986) X-ray powder data for nissonite and waylandite, Powder Diffraction, 1, 331-333 |
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Groat L A, Hawthorne F C (1990) The crystal structure of nissonite, American Mineralogist, 75, 1170-1175 [view file] |
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