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Name: Brassite RRUFF ID: R060042 Ideal Chemistry: Mg(AsO3OH)·4H2O Locality: Bohemia Region, Svornost mine, Jachymov, Czech Republic Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16150 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White powder associated with pharmacolite, R050537 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R060042.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.4796(6)Å b: 10.8935(7)Å c: 16.594(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1352.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Brassite | |
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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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Fontan F, Orliac M, Permingeat F, Pierrot R, Stahl R (1973) La brassite, MgHAsO4·4H2O, une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 96, 365-370 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 945-947 [view file] |
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Protas J, Gindt R (1976) Structure cristalline de la brassite, MgHAsO4·(H2O), produit de déshydratation de la roesslérite, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 1460-1466 |
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Frost R L, Bahfenne S, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Palmer S J, koda R (2010) Raman microscopy of haidingerite Ca(AsO3OH)·H2O and brassite Mg(AsO3OH)·4H2O, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 690-693 |
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