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Name: Klebelsbergite RRUFF ID: R060157 Ideal Chemistry: Sb3+4O4(SO4)(OH)2 Locality: Pereta mine, near Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow-orange tufted aggregates of bladed crystals on stibnite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Klebelsbergite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060157.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.7600(8)Å b: 11.250(2)Å c: 14.850(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 962.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Klebelsbergite | |
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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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Zsivny V (1929) Klebelsbergit, ein neues Mineral von Felsöbánya, Matematikai és Természettudományi Értesitö, 46, 19-26 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1930) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 15, 242-242 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 873-875 [view file] |
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Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1980) The crystal structure of klebelsbergite, Sb4O4(OH)2SO4, American Mineralogist, 65, 931-935 [view file] |
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Nakai I, Appleman D E (1980) Klebelsbergite, Sb4O4(OH)2SO4: redefined and synthesis, American Mineralogist, 65, 499-505 [view file] |
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Roper A J, Leverett P, Murphy T D, Williams P A, Hibbs D E (2015) Klebelsbergite, Sb4O4SO4(OH)2: stability relationships, formation in nature, and refinement of its structure, American Mineralogist, 100, 602-607 |
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Bindi L, Biagioni C, Martini B, Salvetti A, Fontana G D, Taronna M, Ciriotti M E (2016) Tavagnascoite, Bi4O4(SO4)(OH)2, a new oxyhydroxy bismuth sulfate related to klebelsbergite, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 647-657 [view file] |
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