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Name: Hureaulite RRUFF ID: R090070 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais Brazil Source: Royal Ontario Museum M54960 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Cluster of pink prismatic crystals on reddingite, R090069, associated with colorless ludlamite, R090071 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Hureaulite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Hureaulite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R090070.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 17.674(5)Å b: 9.152(2)Å c: 9.512(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 96.56(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1528.5(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hureaulite | |
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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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Vauquelin L N (1825) Analyse de l´huraulite, minéral trouvé dans la commune d´Hureaux, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3, 302-307 [view file] |
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Alluaud F (1826) Notices sur l'hétérosite, l'hureaulite (fer et manganèse phosphatés), et sur quelques autres minéraux du département de la Haute-Vienne, Anneles des Sciences Naturelles, 8, 334-354 [view file] |
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Brush G J, Dana E S, Wells H L (1890) On the mineral locality at Branchville, Connecticut: Fifth paper, American Journal of Science, 39, 201-216 [view file] |
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Yagi K, Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 367-370 [view file] |
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Fisher D J (1964) Lithian hureaulite from the Black Hills, American Mineralogist, 49, 398-406 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1973) Hureaulite, Mn52+ (H2O)4[PO3(OH)]2[PO4]2: Its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 58, 302-307 [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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Corbin D R, Whitney J F, Fultz W C, Stucky G D, Eddy M M, Cheetham A K (1986) Synthesis of open-framework transition-metal phosphates using organometallic precursors in acidic media. Preparation and structural characterization of Fe5P4O20H10 and NaFe3P3O12, Inorganic Chemistry, 25, 2279-2280 |
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Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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Gatta G D, Redhammer G J, Vignola P, Meven M, McIntyre G J (2016) Single-crystal neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopic study of hureaulite, (Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2(H2O)4, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 93-103 |
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Đorđević T, Gerger S, Karanović L (2017) Hydrothermal and ionothermal synthesis of mineral-related arsenates in the system CdO–MO–As2O5 (M2+ = Mg, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) and their crystal structures, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 73-89 |
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