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Name: Stewartite RRUFF ID: R070643 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany Source: Michael Scott S101338 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent yellow bladed crystals with orange laueite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Stewartite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070643.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.395(4)Å b: 10.658(5)Å c: 7.211(4)Å alpha: 90.05(2)° beta: 109.09(2)° gamma: 71.76(2)° Volume: 712(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Stewartite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1912) New manganese phosphates from the gem tourmaline field of Southern California, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 2, 143-145 [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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Moore P B, Araki T (1974) Stewartite, Mn2+Fe3+2(OH)2(H2O)6[PO4]2·2H2O: its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 59, 1272-1276 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1975) Laueite, pseudolaueite, stewartite and metavauxite: a study in combinatorial polymorphisms, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 123, 148-159 |
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Rossman G R (1976) Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of ferric iron hydroxy sulfates: the series Fe(OH)SO4·nH2O and jarosites, American Mineralogist, 61, 398-404 [view file] |
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Shigley J E, Brown G E (1985) Occurance and alteration of phosphate minerals at the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 70, 395-408 [view file] |
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