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|   |   | Name: Emmonsite RRUFF ID: R060802 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O Locality: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Source: Michael Scott S100201 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spray of green globular aggregates associated with pale yellow schmitterite, R060524 Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Quick search: [ All Emmonsite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060802.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.91(1)Å    b: 7.97(1)Å    c: 7.64(1)Å alpha: 96.59(6)° beta: 95.49(5)° gamma: 84.79(5)° Volume: 475(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Emmonsite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Hillebrand W F (1885) Emmonsite, a ferric tellurite, Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society, 2, 20-23 [view file] | |
| Larsen E (1917) Durdenite from California, American Mineralogist, 2, 45-46 [view file] | |
| Frondel C, Pough F H (1944) Two new tellurites of iron: mackayite and blakeite. with new data on emmonsite and durdenite, American Mineralogist, 29, 211-225 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1945) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 30, 548-550 [view file] | |
| Pertlik F (1972) Der Strukturtyp von Emmonsit, {Fe2[TeO3]3·H2O}·xH2O (x=0-1), Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 157-168 | |
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