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Name: Beudantite RRUFF ID: R070502 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Locality: Dulcinea, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin hexagonal yellow plates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ beudantite (14) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Beudantite samples (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070502.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.31(1)Å b: 7.31(1)Å c: 17.05(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 790(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Beudantite | |
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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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Levy A (1826) Descriptions of two new minerals, The Annals of Philosophy, 11, 194-196 [view file] |
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Szymanski J T (1988) The crystal structure of beudantite, Pb(Fe,Al)3 [(As,S)O4]2(OH)6, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 923-932 [view file] |
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Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1989) Beudantite: PbFe3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6, its crystal structure, tetrahedral site disordering and scattered Pb distribution, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 27-33 |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, kovíra J, Čejka J, Pláil J (2009) Cu-rich members of the beudantite-segnitite series from the Krupka ore district, the Kruné hory Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 355-371 |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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