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Name: Sampleite RRUFF ID: R090072 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O Locality: EngaƱo Feliz mine, Las Pintadas dist., Tierra Amarilla, CopiapĆ³ Province, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue bladed crystals in radial aggregates associated with elongated, forest-green libethenite and dark-green atacamite. This is the polymorph or polytype described in Giester et al (2007) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R090072.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.73(1)Å b: 9.72(2)Å c: 19.77(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.84(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1836(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sampleite | |
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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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Hurlbut C S (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile, American Mineralogist, 27, 586-589 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Weier M L, Williams P A, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2007) Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group of minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 574-583 |
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Giester G, Kolitsch U, Leverett P, Turner P, Williams P A (2007) The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 75-93 |
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