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Name: Freieslebenite RRUFF ID: R060174 Ideal Chemistry: AgPbSbS3 Locality: Van Silver mine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Source: Ty Balacko, TB 3 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale steel-gray striated prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060174.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.5187(15)Å b: 12.818(3)Å c: 5.9432(13)Å alpha: 90° beta: 92.296(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 572.3(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Freieslebenite | |
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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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Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. VII. Antimonglanz. Freieslebenit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570 [view file] |
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Zepharovich M V R (1871) Über Diaphorit und Freieslebenit, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 63, 130-156 [view file] |
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Hellner E (1957) Über komplex zusammengesetzte sulfidische erze. II. Zur struktur des freieslebenits, PbAgSbS3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 109, 284-295 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 139-141 [view file] |
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Ito T, Nowacki W (1974) The crystal structure of freieslebenite, PbAgSbS3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 139, 85-102 [view file] |
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