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Name: Theophrastite RRUFF ID: R070699 Ideal Chemistry: Ni(OH)2 Locality: Lord Brassey mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia Source: Michael Scott S102620 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green botryoidal aggregates coating magnetite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Brucite (5) ] |
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REFERENCES for Theophrastite | |
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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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Marcopoulos T, Economou M (1981) Theophrastite, Ni(OH)2, a new mineral from northern Greece, American Mineralogist, 66, 1020-1021 [view file] |
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Murli C, Sugandhi V, Garg N, Sharma S M, Sikka S K (1998) Spectroscopic study of ß-Ni(OH)2 under pressure, Pramana- Journal of Physics, 50, 213-220 |
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Ramesh T N, Kamath P V, Shivakumara C (2006) Classification of stacking faults and their stepwise elimination during the disorder order transformation of nickel hydroxide, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 530-536 |
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