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Name: Ferrilotharmeyerite RRUFF ID: R060209 Ideal Chemistry: CaZnFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish-green rectangular prisms Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Natrochalcite (13) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060209.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.05(3)Å b: 6.29(2)Å c: 7.37(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.4(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 382.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ferrilotharmeyerite | |
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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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Ansell G H, Roberts A C, Dunn P J, Birch W D, Ansell V E, Grice J D (1992) Ferrilotharmeyerite, a new Ca-Zn-Fe3+ hydroxyl arsenate from Tsumeb, Namibia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 225-227 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Krause W, Belendorff K, Bernhardt H J, McCammon C A, Effenberger H, Mikenda W (1998) Crystal chemistry of the tsumcorite-group minerals. New data on ferrilotharmeyerite, tsumcorite, thometzekite, mounanaite, helmutwinklerite, and a redefinition of gartrellite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 179-206 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75 |
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