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Name: Eveite RRUFF ID: R100048 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+2(AsO4)(OH) Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of very pale green (gray) crystals associated with pink akrochordite, R100028, and colorless barite, co-type (Flink 32/22). Used for structure refinement in Yang et al (2011) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100048.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.548(2)Å b: 8.721(2)Å c: 6.296(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 469.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Eveite | |
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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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Moore P B (1967) Eleven new minerals from Langban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 301-301 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Kato A (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1421-1427 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Smyth J R (1968) Crystal chemistry of the basic manganese arsenates: III. The crystal structure of eveite, Mn2(OH) (AsO4), American Mineralogist, 53, 1841-1845 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1968) Eveite, Mn2(OH)(AsO4), a new mineral from Långban, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 473-476 |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 317-323 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Westlund E (1998) Manganese valency and the colour of the Mn2AsO4(OH) polymorphs eveite and sarkinite, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(1), 113-119 [view file] |
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Yang Y W, Stevenson R A, Siegel A M, Downs G W (2011) Redetermination of eveite, Mn2AsO4(OH), based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, Acta Crystallographica, E67, i68-i68 [view file] |
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