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Name: Wilhelmkleinite RRUFF ID: R070060 Ideal Chemistry: ZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green bladed crystal, vug has large xl with Parasymplessite xls, smaller xl removed from this larger one Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070060.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.642(4)Å b: 7.621(7)Å c: 7.394(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.00(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 374.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Wilhelmkleinite | |
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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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Schlüter J, Klaska K H, Friese K, Adiwidjaja G, Gebhard G (1998) Wilhelmkleinite, ZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1998, 558-564 |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1195-1198 [view file] |
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Adiwidjaja G, Friese K, Klaska K H, Moore P B, Schlüter J (2000) The crystal structure of the new mineral wilhelmkleinite ZnFe3+2(OH)2(AsO4)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 215, 96-101 |
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