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Name: Cervantite RRUFF ID: R060667 Ideal Chemistry: Sb3+Sb5+O4 Locality: Touliac, Cantal, France Source: Michael Scott S101322 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored massive, spongelike, associated with quartz and romeite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Cervantite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060667.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, with romeite and quartz | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.443(2)Å b: 4.821(1)Å c: 11.794(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 309.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Cervantite | |
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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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Dana J D (1850) Cervantite, in A System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 417-417 [view file] |
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Dihlström K (1938) Über den bau des wahren antimontetroxyds und des damit isomorphen stibiotantalits, SbTaO4, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 57-64 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file] |
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Gopalakrishnan P S, Manohar H (1975) Cervantite, α-Sb2O4, Crystal Structure Communications, 4, 203-206 |
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Thornton G (1977) A neutron diffraction study of α-Sb2O4, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 1271-1273 |
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Amador J, Gutierrez-Puebla E, Monge M A, Rasines I, Ruiz-Valero C (1988) Diantimony tetraoxides revisited, Inorganic Chemistry, 27, 1367-1370 |
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Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150 [view file] |
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