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Name: Allactite RRUFF ID: R070175 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+7(AsO4)2(OH)8 Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S102971 [view label] Owner: Michael Scott Description: Brownish red vitreous massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Allactite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Allactite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070175.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.0319(7)Å b: 12.2656(5)Å c: 5.5155(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.229(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 680.57(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Allactite | |
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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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Sjögren A (1884) Allaktit, ett nytt manganarseniat från Mossgrufvan å Nordmarksfältet, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 109-111 [view file] |
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Sjögren A (1884) Kristallografiska studier: VII Allaktit från Nordmarken, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 220-236 [view file] |
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Sjögren H (1885) Ueber die Manganarseniate von Nordmarken in Wermland, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 10, 113-155 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1968) Crystal chemistry of the basic manganese arsenate minerals: II. The crystal structure of allacite, American Mineralogist, 53, 733-741 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 560-562 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Gatta G D, Bosi F, Fernandez-Diaz M T, Hålenius U (2016) H-bonding scheme in allactite: a combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, optical absorption spectroscopy, FTIR and EPMA-WDS study, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 719-732 |
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