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Name: Ludlamite RRUFF ID: R040152 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 15641 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green tabular single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Quick search: [ All Ludlamite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040152.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.546(2)Å b: 4.6482(3)Å c: 9.3176(4)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 100.527(6)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 449.09(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ludlamite | |
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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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Field F (1885) On ludlamite, a new Cornish mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 6, 23-31 [view file] |
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Ito T, Mori H (1951) The crystal structure of ludlamite, Acta Crystallographica, 4, 412-416 |
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Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 941-944 [view file] |
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Abrahams S C, Bernstein J L (1966) Crystal structure of paramagnetic ludlamite, Fe3(PO4)2·4(H2O), at 298°K, Journal of Chemical Physics, 44, 2223-2229 |
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Abrahams S C (1966) Ferromagnetic and crystal structure of ludlamite, Fe3(PO4)2·4(H2O), at 4.2°K, Journal of Chemical Physics, 44, 2230-2237 |
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Mattievich E and Danon J (1977) Hydrothermal synthesis and Mössbauer studies of ferrous phosphates of the homologous series Fe32+(PO4)2(H2O)n, Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, 39, 569-580 |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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