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Name: Apuanite RRUFF ID: R060674 Ideal Chemistry: (Fe2+Fe3+2)(Fe3+2Sb3+4)O12S Locality: Buca della Vena mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S101123 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black massive granular Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Minium (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060674.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.354(1)Å b: 8.354(1)Å c: 17.933(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1251.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Apuanite | |
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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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Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Versiliaite and apuanite, two new minerals from the Apuan Alps, Italy, American Mineralogist, 64, 1230-1234 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Merlino S (1979) Versiliaite and apuanite: derivative structures related to schafarzikite, American Mineralogist, 64, 1235-1242 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Amouric M, Baronnet A, Mercuriot G (1981) Microstructures and nonstoichiometry in schafarzikite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 66, 1073-1079 [view file] |
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Bahfenne S, Rintoul L, Frost R L (2011) Single-crystal Raman spectroscopy of natural schafarzikite FeSb2O4 from Pernek, Slovak Republic, American Mineralogist, 96, 888-894 [view file] |
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