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Name: Leucophosphite RRUFF ID: R060338 Ideal Chemistry: KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O Locality: Gunheath pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Source: Michael Scott S100184 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White to pale pink spherical aggregates associated with green chalcosiderite, R060339, and orange cyrilovite, R060504 Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Leucophosphite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Leucophosphite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060338.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.745(3)Å b: 9.650(4)Å c: 9.716(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.41(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 892.4(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Leucophosphite | |
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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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Foshag W F (1932) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 17, 495-496 [view file] |
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Simpson E S (1932) Contributions to the mineralogy of Western Australia, (7) Variscite (redondite) and leucophosphite (Sp. nov.), Ninghanboun Hills, S.W., Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 18, 69-74 [view file] |
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Lindberg M L (1957) Leucophosphite from the Sapucaia Pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 42, 214-221 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1972) Octahedral tetramer in the crystal structure of leucophosphite, K2[Fe3+4(OH)2(H2O)2(PO4)4]·2H2O, American Mineralogist, 57, 397-410 [view file] |
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Rotiroti N, Vignola P (2019) Crystal structure of leucophosphite, KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O, from the Jocão pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Periodico di Mineralogia, 88, 325-332 |
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