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Name: Tripuhyite RRUFF ID: R070383 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+Sb5+O4 Locality: Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S104750 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent grey greenish acicular crystals associated with valentinite, clinocervantite R070385, and rosiaite R070384 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Rutile (23) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070383.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.634(1)Å b: 4.634(1)Å c: 9.209(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 197.75(6)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Tripuhyite | |
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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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Hussak E, Prior G T (1897) On tripuhyite, a new antimonate of iron, from Tripuhy, Brazil, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 302-303 [view file] |
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Byström A, Hök B, Mason B (1942) The crystal structure of zinc metantimonate and similar compounds, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 15B4, 1-8 |
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Donaldson J D, Kjekshus A, Nicholson D G, Rakke T (1975) Properties of Sb-compounds with rutile-like structures, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A29, 803-809 |
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Basso R, Cabella R, Lucchetti G, Marescotti P, Martinelli A (2003) Structural studies on synthetic and natural Fe-Sb-oxides of MO2 type, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 407-420 |
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Berlepsch P, Armbuster T, Brugger J, Criddle A J, Graeser S (2003) Tripuhyite, FeSbO4, revisited, Mineralogical Magazine, 67, 31-46 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Leverett P, Reynolds J K, Roper A J, Williams P A (2012) Tripuhyite and schafarzikite: two of the ultimate sinks for antimony in the natural environment, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 891-902 [view file] |
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Roper A J, Leverett P, Murphy T D, Williams P A (2018) The stability of the rare sodium antimonate, brizziite, and it's role in Sb mobility, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 89-93 |
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