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Name: Fluellite RRUFF ID: R070473 Ideal Chemistry: Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O Locality: Gold Quarry mine (Maggie claims), Maggie Creek District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA Source: Michael Scott S105146 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to pale green blocky prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070473.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.564(2)Å b: 11.222(4)Å c: 21.162(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2033(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Fluellite | |
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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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Levy A (1824) On a new mineral substance, The Annals of Philosophy, 8, 241-245 [view file] |
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Guy B B, Jeffrey G A (1966) The crystal structure of fluellite, Al2PO4F2(OH)·7H2O, American Mineralogist, 51, 1579-1592 [view file] |
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