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Name: Spertiniite RRUFF ID: R100193 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(OH)2 Locality: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Source: Rob Lavinsky [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue botryoidal aggregates forming coatings on the rock. Sample is from F. Spertini Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100193.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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a: 2.933(2)Å b: 10.545(5)Å c: 5.228(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 161.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Spertiniite | |
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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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Grice J D, Gasparrini E (1981) Spertiniite, Cu(OH)2, a new mineral from the Jeffrey mine, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 337-340 [view file] |
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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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Oswald H R, Reller A, Schmalle H W, Dubler E (1990) Structure of copper(II) hydroxide, Cu(OH)2, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2279-2284 |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 233-238 [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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