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Name: Aubertite RRUFF ID: R060751 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O Locality: Quetena mine, Chuquicamata, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light green massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Aubertite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060751.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.290(2)Å b: 13.198(2)Å c: 6.2800(8)Å alpha: 91.87(1)° beta: 94.67(2)° gamma: 82.48(2)° Volume: 515.0(0)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Aubertite | |
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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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Cesbron F, Ginderow D, Sichère M, Vachey H (1979) L`aubertite, un nouveau chloro-sulfate hydraté de cuivre et d`aluminium, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 102, 348-350 |
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Ginderow D, Cesbron F (1979) Structure cristalline de l'aubertite, AlCuCl(SO4)2·14H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 2499-2502 [link] |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 205-210 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1994) Structural aspects of oxide and oxysalt crystals, Acta Crystallographica, B50, 481-510 |
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