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Name: Birchite RRUFF ID: R150100 Ideal Chemistry: Cd2Cu2(PO4)2(SO4)·5H2O Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays and aggregates of light green acicular crystals on quartz and pale pinkish almandine, associated with anglesite, pyromorphite, and libethenite. Authors sample from the type find. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R150100.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.4919(7)Å b: 20.919(2)Å c: 6.1729(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1354.8(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Birchite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Elliot P, Brugger J, Pring A, Cole M L, Willis A C, Kolitsch U (2008) Birchite, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia: Description and structure refinement, American Mineralogist, 93, 910-917 [view file] |
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