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Name: Leightonite RRUFF ID: R050211 Ideal Chemistry: K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O Locality: Chuquicamata mine, Calama, Antofagasta Province, Chile Source: John Dagenais Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue lathlike crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050211.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.657(1)Å b: 7.4968(4)Å c: 10.065(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 124.97(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 720.7(0)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Leightonite | |
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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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Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760 [view file] |
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Palache C (1938) Leightonite, a new sulphate of copper from Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 34-37 [view file] |
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Van Loan P R (1962) An X-ray study of leightonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 272-277 [view file] |
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Menchetti S, Bindi L, Bonzzi P, Olmi F (2002) Disordered distribution of Cu in the crystal structure of leightonite, K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O, American Mineralogist, 87, 721-725 [view file] |
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