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Name: Blixite RRUFF ID: R070364 Ideal Chemistry: Pb8O5(OH)2Cl4 Locality: Upper Bolivia Stope, 185 m level, Nya Schaktet Shaft, Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S106185 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale gray-yellow massive with vitreous luster, associated with black hausmannite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070364.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.79(7)Å b: 5.75(6)Å c: 12.6(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 420(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Blixite | |
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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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Gabrielson O, Parwel A, Wickman F E (1958) Blixite, a new lead-oxyhalide mineral from Långban, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 2, 411-415 |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 908-910 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [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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Aurivillius B (1977) A case of mimetic twinning. The crystal structures of Pb2OFX (X=Cl, Br, and I), Chemica Scripta, 11, 208-211 |
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Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2006) The crystal structure of Pb8O5(OH)2Cl4, a synthetic analogue of blixite?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 515-522 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file] |
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