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Name: Picropharmacolite RRUFF ID: R050560 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O Locality: Riechelsdorf, Saxony, Germany Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12813 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spray of white fibrous crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050560.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Picropharmacolite | |
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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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Stromeyer H (1819) Chemische Untersuchung der natürlichen Boraxsäure, des Eisenpecherzes, des Picro-Pharmacoliths und des Polyhalits, eines neuen fossilen-Salzes, Annalen der Physik, 61, 177-189 [view file] |
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Pierrot P R, Paris B R G M (1961) Nouvelles données sur la picropharmacolite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 84, 391-397 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file] |
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Catti M, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G (1981) The crystal structure of picropharmacolite, Ca4Mg(HAsO4)2(AsO4)2·11H2O, American Mineralogist, 66, 385-391 [view file] |
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