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Name: Hetaerolite RRUFF ID: R061062 Ideal Chemistry: ZnMn3+2O4 Locality: Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark gray semi-metallic aggregate of pseudo-octahedra, associated with platy chalcophanite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061062.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.712(3)Å b: 5.712(3)Å c: 9.202(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 300.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Hetaerolite | |
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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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Moore G E (1877) Preliminary notice of the discovery of a new mineral species, American Journal of Science and Arts, 114, 423-423 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Heinrich E W (1942) New data on hetaerolite, hydrohetaerolite, coronadite, and hollandite, American Mineralogist, 27, 48-56 [view file] |
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Nogues M, Poix P (1972) Effet Jahn-Teller cooperatif dans le systeme ZnMn2O4Zn2SnO4, Annales de Chimie, 1972, 301-314 |
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Yamamoto N, Kawano S, Achiwa N, Higashi S (1983) Preparation by a wet method and ionic distribution of transition metal-substituted hausmanite spinel, Journal of the Japan Society of Powder Metallurgy, 30, 48-54 |
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Asbrink S, Waskowska A, Gerward L, Olsen J S, Talik E (1999) High Pressure phase transition and properties of spinel ZnMn2O4, Physical Review B, 60, 12651-12656 |
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Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75 |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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