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Name: Legrandite RRUFF ID: R040151 Ideal Chemistry: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O Locality: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4191 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow crystal fragments; same material used in McLean et al. (1971) study Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R040151.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.8147(8)Å b: 7.9307(6)Å c: 10.2217(4)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 104.389(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1006.24(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Legrandite | |
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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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Bannister F A (1932) Proceedings of societies: Mineralogical Society of Great Britian and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 17, 455-455 [view file] |
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Drugman J, Hey M H, Bannister F A (1932) Legrandite, a new zinc arsenate, Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 175-178 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 79-79 [view file] |
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Desautels P E, Clarke R S (1963) Re-examination of legrandite, American Mineralogist, 48, 1258-1265 [view file] |
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Finney J J (1963) The composition and space group of legrandite, American Mineralogist, 48, 1255-1257 [view file] |
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McLean W J, Anthony J W, Finney J J, Laughon R B (1971) The crystal structure of legrandite, American Mineralogist, 56, 1147-1154 [view file] |
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Pushcharovskii D Y, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1971) The crystal structure of legrandite Zn2[AsO4]OH·H2O, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 16, 419-421 |
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Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y A, Tait K T (2013) Hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure of legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)(H2O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 233-241 |
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Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43 |
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