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Name: Getchellite RRUFF ID: R060109 Ideal Chemistry: SbAsS3 Locality: Getchell mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16076 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark blood-red micaceous lamellae Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Getchellite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060109.1 | |||||
Sample Description: | Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.916(5)Å b: 9.039(3)Å c: 10.145(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.38(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 979.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Getchellite | |
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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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Weissberg B G (1965) Getchellite, AsSbS3, a new mineral from Humboldt County, Nevada, American Mineralogist, 50, 1817-1826 [view file] |
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Guillermo T R, Wuensch B J (1973) The crystal structure of getchellite, AsSbS3, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 2536-2541 |
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Kyono A, Kimata M (2004) Structural reinvestigation of getchellite, As0.98Sb1.02S3.00, American Mineralogist, 89, 696-700 [view file] |
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Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 132-147 |
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