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Name: Bayldonite RRUFF ID: R110033 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright green tabular crystals associated with azurite, conichalcite, and wulfenite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Bayldonite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110033.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.155(2)Å b: 5.890(1)Å c: 14.087(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 106.01(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 809.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bayldonite | |
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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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Church A H (1865) Chemical researches on some new and rare Cornish minerals, Journal of the Chemical Society, 18, 259-268 [view file] |
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Ghose S, Wan C (1979) Structural chemistry of copper and zinc minerals. VI. Bayldonite, (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO4)2(OH)2: a complex layer structure, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 819-823 |
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Sumin de Portilla V, Quevedo M P, Stepanov V I (1981) The structure of bayldonite: chemical analysis, differential thermal analysis, and IR spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 66, 148-153 [view file] |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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