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Name: Natanite RRUFF ID: R100016 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Sn4+(OH)6 Locality: Level 10 silicate body, El Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Source: William Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange octahedron, associated with black ilvaite, colorless fluorite, calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100016.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.865(1)Å b: 7.865(1)Å c: 7.865(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 486.45(5)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Natanite | |
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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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Strunz V H, Contag B (1960) Hexahydroxostannate Fe, Mn, Co, Mg, Ca[Sn(OH)6] und deren kristallstruktur, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 601-603 |
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Christensen A N, Hazell R G (1969) Hydrothermal preparation of hydroxy stannates. The crystal structure of MnSn(OH)6, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 23, 1219-1224 |
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Marshukova N K, Palovskii A B, Sidorenko G A, Chistyakova N I (1981) Vismirnovite, ZnSn(OH)6, and natanite, FeSn(OH)6, new tin minerals, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 110, 492-500 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082 [view file] |
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Betterton J, Green D I, Jewson C, Spratt J, Tandy P (1998) The composition and structure of jeanbandyite and natanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 707-712 [view file] |
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Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file] |
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Welch M D, Kampf A R (2017) Stoichiometric partially-protonated states in hydroxide perovskites: the jeanbandyite enigma revisited, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 297-303 |
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