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Name: Fizélyite RRUFF ID: R060175 Ideal Chemistry: Ag5Pb14Sb21S48 Locality: Van Silver mine, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada Source: Ty Balacko TB2 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark gray deeply-striated single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Group: [ Lillianite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Fizélyite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060175.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.2779(6)Å b: 13.2352(4)Å c: 8.7235(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.402(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2225.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Fizélyite | |
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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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Krenner J, Loczka J (1923) Fizélyit, egy új magyar ezüstérc, Matematikai és Természettudományi Értesitö, 40, 18-21 [view file] |
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Foshag W F, Schairer J F (1930) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 15, 83-84 [view file] |
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Kaspar P, Mrazek Z, Ridkosil T (1983) Andorite, fizelyite and miargyrite: a decomposition of a natural solid solution?, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 147, 47-57 |
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Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1984) New data on the minerals of the andorite series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 175-182 |
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Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Burt J B, Costin G (2009) Structure refinement of an untwinned single crystal of Ag-excess fizélyite, Ag5.94Pb13.74Sb20.84S48, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1257-1264 [view file] |
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