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Name: Senandorite RRUFF ID: R060673 Ideal Chemistry: AgPbSb3S6 Locality: San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia Source: Michael Scott S101092, Rock Currier [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark steel gray metallic prismatic crystals with striation parallel to the c-axis. About ten percent of the volume is andorite IV, as determined by X-ray diffraction. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Lillianite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Senandorite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060673.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, about ten percent of volume is andorite IV, a = 13.0128(9), b = 19.175(2), c = 17.090(2), V = 4264.3(6) as determined on a single-crystal. | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.0225(9)Å b: 19.187(1)Å c: 25.645(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 6407.8(0)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Senandorite | |
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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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Krenner J S (1892) Andorit, uj hazai ezüstércz, Matematikai és Természettudományi Értesitö, 11, 119-122 [view file] |
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Brögger W C (1893) VIII. Sundtit, ein neues Mineral von Oruro in Bolivia, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 21, 193-199 [view file] |
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Krenner J A (1894) Andorit, ein neues ungarisches silbererz, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 23, 497-499 [view file] |
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Donnay J D H, Donnay G (1954) Syntaxic intergrowths in the andorite series, American Mineralogist, 39, 161-171 [view file] |
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Kawada I, Hellner E (1971) Die kristallstruktur der pseudozelle (sub cell) von andorit VI (ramdohrit), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 551-560 |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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Kaspar P, Mrazek Z, Ridkosil T (1983) Andorite, fizelyite and miargyrite: a decomposition of a natural solid solution?, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 147, 47-57 |
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Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1984) New data on the minerals of the andorite series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 175-182 |
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Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [view file] |
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Sawada H, Kawada I, Hellner E, Tokonami M (1987) The crystal structure of senandorite (andorite VI): PbAgSb3S6, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 180, 141-150 [view file] |
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Liu H, Chang L L Y, Knowles C R (1994) The Mn isotype of andorite and uchucchacuaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 185-188 [view file] |
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Nespolo M, Ozawa T, Kawasaki Y, Sugiyama K (2012) Structural relations and pseudosymmetries in the andorite homologous series, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 107, 226-243 |
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Makovicky E, Topa D (2014) Lillianites and andorites: new life for the oldest homologous series of sulfosalts, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 387-414 |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file] |
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Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232 |
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