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|   |   | Name: Chenevixite RRUFF ID: R040166 Ideal Chemistry: CuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2 Locality: Volcanic Sunnyside mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA Source: Andy Anderson [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green earthy massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Chenevixite (3) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Chenevixite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R040166.1 | |||||||
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| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.720(2)Å    b: 5.182(1)Å    c: 29.293(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 88.92(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 868.1(0)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Chenevixite | |
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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] | |
| Pisani F (1866) Sur une nouvelle espèce du Cornouailles, la chenevixite, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 62, 690-692 [view file] | |
| Burns P C, Smith J V, Steele I M (2000) Arizona porphyry copper/hydrothermal deposits I. The structure of chenevixite and luetheite, Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 25-30 [view file] | |
| Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 50. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 615-620 [view file] | |
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