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Name: Clinochalcomenite RRUFF ID: R110125 Ideal Chemistry: CuSe4+O3·2H2O Locality: El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia Source: Royal Ontario Museum [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of pale greenish-blue crystals associated with darker blue chalcomenite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Cobaltomenite (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110125.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.283(1)Å b: 8.607(1)Å c: 8.143(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.337(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 436.8(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Clinochalcomenite | |
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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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Lo K, Wei J, Zhang J, Gu Q (1980) Clinochalcomenite, a new mineral of selenite, Kexue Tongbao, 25, 427-433 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Francis C A, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 217-220 [view file] |
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Lo K, Chen Z, Ma Z (1984) The crystal structure of clinochalcomenite, Kexue Tongbao, 29, 352-355 [view file] |
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Wildner M (1990) Crystal structure refinements of synthetic cobaltomenite (CoSeO3·2H2O) and ahlfeldite (NiSeO3·2H2O), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 353-362 |
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