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Name: Tsumebite RRUFF ID: R070446 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH) Locality: Tiger mine, Collins Vein, Tiger, Arizona, USA Source: Joe Ruiz [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sea blue tabular crystals on quartz associated with yellowish phosphohedyphane, goethite, hematite, cerussite, fluorite, and corkite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Tsumebite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070446.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.866(4)Å b: 5.779(3)Å c: 8.698(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 111.84(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 367.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Tsumebite | |
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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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Busz K (1912) Tsumebit, ein neues Mineral von Otavi und Zinnsteinkristalle, Deutschen Naturforscher und Årtze in Münster, Versammlung, 84, 230-230 [view file] |
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Busz V K (1912) Tsumebit, ein neues Blei-Kupfer-Phosphat von Otavi, Deutsch Süd-West-Afrika, Deutschen Naturforscher und Årtze in Münster, Versammlung, 84, 182-185 [view file] |
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Rosický V (1912) Preslit, ein neues Mineral von Tsumeb in Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 51, 521-526 [view file] |
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Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378 [view file] |
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LaForge L (1938) Crystallography of tsumebite, American Mineralogist, 23, 772-782 [view file] |
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Bideaux R A, Nichols M C, Williams S A (1966) The arsenate analog of tsumebite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 51, 258-259 [view file] |
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Nichols M C (1966) The structure of tsumebite, American Mineralogist, 51, 267-267 [view file] |
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Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1967) Structural similarities of some secondary lead minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 522-529 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Palmer S J, Xi Y (2011) Raman spectroscopy of the multi anion mineral arsentsumebite Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH) and in comparison with tsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH), Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A83, 449-452 |
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Frost R L, Palmer S J (2011) Vibrational spectroscopic study of the mineral tsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4,SO4)(OH), Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A79, 1794-1797 |
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