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Name: Hydroromarchite RRUFF ID: R090060 Ideal Chemistry: Sn2+3O2(OH)2 Locality: Hooggenoeg Fm., Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Source: Joe Zullo S1 SA526-1 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale tan tetragonal single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R090060.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.956(2)Å b: 7.956(2)Å c: 9.141(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 578.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Hydroromarchite | |
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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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Organ R M, Mandarino J A (1971) Abstract: Romarchite and hydroromarchite, two new stannous minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 916-916 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file] |
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Howie R A, Moser W (1973) Crystal data and formula for hydrous tin(II) oxide: a note, American Mineralogist, 58, 552-552 [view file] |
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Abrahams I, Grimes S M, Johnston S R, Knowles J C (1996) Tin(II) oxyhydroxide by x-ray powder diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, C52, 286-288 |
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Dunkle S E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D, Lusardi W R (2003) Romarchite, hydroromarchite and abhurite formed during the corrosion of pewter artifacts from the Queen Anne's Revenge (1718), The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 659-669 [view file] |
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Ramik R A, Organ R M, Mandarino J A (2003) On type romarchite and hydroromarchite from Boundary Falls, Ontario, and notes on other occurrences, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 649-657 [view file] |
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Garuti G, Zaccarini F (2005) Minerals of Au, Ag, and U in volcanic-rock-associated massive sulfide deposits of the Northern Apennine ophiolite, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 935-950 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Ramik R A, Back M E (2006) The structures of two novel Sn2+ oxysalts found with romarchite and hydroromarchite as corrosion products of pewter artifacts, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1457-1467 [view file] |
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Dubrovinskaia N, Messingschlager M, Dubrovinsky L (2022) Tin weathering experiment set by nature for 300 years: natural crystals of the anthropogenic mineral hydroromarchite from Creussen, Bavaria, Germany, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 563-572 |
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