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Name: Osarizawaite RRUFF ID: R060395 Ideal Chemistry: Pb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6 Locality: Silver Hill mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA Source: Michael Scott S100083 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue drusy coating Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ Alunite (20) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Osarizawaite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060395.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.046(2)Å b: 7.046(2)Å c: 17.271(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 742.6(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Osarizawaite | |
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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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Taguchi Y (1961) On osarizawaite, a new mineral of the alunite group, from the Osarizawa mine, Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 3, 181-194 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file] |
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Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1980) The crystal structure of osarizawaite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1980, 401-407 |
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Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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