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Name: Ferrimolybdite RRUFF ID: R050566 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O Locality: Kingman, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3610 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow fibrous aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Ferrimolybdite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050566.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Ferrimolybdite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1907) The chemical composition of molybdic ocher, American Journal of Science, 23, 297-303 [view file] |
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Pilipenko P P (1913) in Mineralogy of the Alekseevskii mine of Minusinsk district Moscow 1-26 |
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Kerr P F, Thomas A W, Langer A M (1963) The nature and synthesis of ferrimolybdite, American Mineralogist, 48, 14-32 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, Čejka J, Malíková R, López A, Xi Y, Frost R L (2014) A raman spectroscopic study of a hydrated molybdate mineral ferrimolybdite, Fe2(MoO4)3·7-8H2O, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 130, 83-89 |
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