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|   |   | Name: Wickenburgite RRUFF ID: R060087 Ideal Chemistry: Pb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O Locality: Potter Claim, Wickenburg, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9500 Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless flattened tabular hexagonal prisms Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Wickenburgite (2) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Wickenburgite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060087.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 8.5338(7)Å    b: 8.5338(7)Å    c: 20.133(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1269.8(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Wickenburgite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Williams S A (1968) Wickenburgite, a new mineral from Arizona, American Mineralogist, 53, 1433-1438 [view file] | |
| Lam A E, Groat L A, Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal structure of wickenburgite, Pb3CaAl[AlSi10O27](H2O)3, a sheet structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 525-532 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 845-850 [view file] | |
| Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] | |
| Hesse K F, Liebau F, Eulert H H (2003) Wickenburgite, a double-layer silicate Pb3Al[6][Ca[6]Al[4]Si[4]10O27(H2O)3]·H2O: crystal chemistry and thermal behaviour, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 218, 542-552 | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 467-471 [view file] | |
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