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Name: Schmiederite RRUFF ID: R100089 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2Pb2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)4 Locality: El Condor mine, Los Llantenes, Sierra de Cacheuta, La Rioja Province, Argentina Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of blue bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Linarite (8) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100089.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.908(3)Å b: 5.693(1)Å c: 9.361(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.11(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 516.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Schmiederite | |
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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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Hey M H (1963) Selenites, selenates, tellurites, and tellurates. Schmeiderite, in Appendix to the second edition of an index of mineral species and varieties arranged chemically Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum 84-84 [view file] |
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Cech F, Mandarino J A, Fleischer M, Hildebrand F A (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 1497-1502 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Mitchell R S (1980) Schmiederite: comments on the name, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 824-824 [view file] |
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Effenberger H (1987) Crystal structure and chemical formula of schmiederite Pb2Cu2(OH)4(SeO3)(SeO4), with a comparison to linarite, PbCu(OH)2(SO4), Mineralogy and Petrology, 36, 3-12 |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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