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Name: Hatchite RRUFF ID: R100058 Ideal Chemistry: AgTlPbAs2S5 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Canton Wallis, Switzerland Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black euhedral crystal embedded in white dolomite with red realgar Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100058.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.273(3)Å b: 7.803(3)Å c: 8.037(3)Å alpha: 66.52(2)° beta: 63.48(2)° gamma: 84.84(2)° Volume: 474.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hatchite | |
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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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Solly R H, Smith G F H (1912) Hatchite, a new (anorthic) mineral from the Binnenthal, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 287-289 [view file] |
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Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378 [view file] |
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Nowacki W, Bahezre C (1963) Die Bestimmung der chemischen Zusammensetzung einiger Sulfosalze aus dem Lengenbach (Binnatal, Kt. Wallis) mit Hilfe der elektronischen Mikrosonde), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 43, 407-411 |
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Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448 [view file] |
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Berry L G (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh annual meeting: Crystallography of hatchite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 661-661 [view file] |
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Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) The crystal structure of hatchite, PbTlAgAs2S5, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 249-265 [view file] |
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Takéuchi Y, Ohmasa M (1968) The crystal structure of wallisite, PbTlCuAs2S5, the Cu analogue of hatchite PbTlAgAs2S5, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 349-365 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1971) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 56, 358-362 [view file] |
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Boiocchi M, Callegari A (2003) Crystal structure refinement of a wallisite- hatchite solid solution, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 396-406 |
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Roth P (2007) Hatchite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 82-83 |
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