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Name: Sincosite RRUFF ID: R060523 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA Source: Michael Scott S100045 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green thin tabular square to rectangular crystals. Crystals twinned by a 2-fold around [1 -1 0]. Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Sincosite (3) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Sincosite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060523.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.351(5)Å b: 6.345(7)Å c: 6.576(8)Å alpha: 105.84(8)° beta: 93.51(8)° gamma: 89.82(8)° Volume: 254.42(9)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Sincosite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1922) Sincosite, a new mineral, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 12, 195-195 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1922) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 7, 162-164 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1924) The occurrence and properties of sincosite, a new vanadium mineral from Sincos, Peru, American Journal of Science, 8, 462-480 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1925) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 10, 131-135 [view file] |
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Zolensky M E (1985) New data on sincosite, American Mineralogist, 70, 409-410 [view file] |
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Kang H Y, Lee W C, Wang S L (1992) Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of four layered vanadyl(IV) phosphate hydrates A(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O (A = Co, Ca, Sr, Pb), Inorganic Chemistry, 31, 4743-4748 |
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Franke W A, Luger P, Weber M, Ivanova T I (1997) Low hydrothermal growth of sincosite Ca(VO/PO4)2·4H2O, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 126, issue 2 85-86 [view file] |
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