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Name: Glaucodot RRUFF ID: R070644 Ideal Chemistry: (Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS Locality: Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Västmanland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S104702 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pair of grey metallic crystals with chalcopyrite embedded in epoxy. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Arsenopyrite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Glaucodot samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070644.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.469(4)Å b: 5.658(2)Å c: 3.319(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 266.1(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Glaucodot | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A, Plattner C F (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Glaukodot, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 153, 127-141 [view file] |
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Buerger M J (1936) The symmetry and crystal structure of the minerals of the arsenopyrite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 95, 83-113 [view file] |
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Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T (2008) Crystal structure of glaucodot, (Co,Fe)AsS, and its relationships to marcasite and arsenopyrite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1183-1186 [view file] |
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Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file] |
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