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Name: Turneaureite RRUFF ID: R070758 Ideal Chemistry: Ca5(AsO4)3Cl Locality: ZCA mine No. 4 (St Joe mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA Source: Michael Scott S104122 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to grayish white massive that fluoresces bright orange under SW UV. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070758.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.990(2)Å b: 9.990(2)Å c: 6.782(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 586.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Turneaureite | |
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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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Dunn P J, Petersen E U, Peacor D R (1985) Turneaureite, a new member of the apatite group from Franklin, New Jersey, Balmat, New York and Långban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 251-254 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1277-1282 [view file] |
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Wardojo T A, Hwu S-J (1996) Chlorapatite: Ca5(AsO4)3Cl, Acta Crystallographica, C52, 2959-2960 |
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Biagioni C, Bosi F, Hålenius U, Pasero M (2017) The crystal structure of turneaureite, Ca5(AsO4)3Cl, the arsenate analog of chlorapatite, and its relationships with the arsenate apatites johnbaumite and svabite, American Mineralogist, 102, 1981-1986 [view file] |
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