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Name: Chenevixite RRUFF ID: R100177 Ideal Chemistry: CuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2 Locality: Patagonia Mountains, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Source: Joe Ruiz [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent green thin tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Chenevixite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chenevixite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||
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RRUFF ID: | R100177.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.638(5)Å b: 5.131(5)Å c: 28.94(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 89.87(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 837.3(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Chenevixite | |
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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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Pisani F (1866) Sur une nouvelle espèce du Cornouailles, la chenevixite, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 62, 690-692 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Smith J V, Steele I M (2000) Arizona porphyry copper/hydrothermal deposits I. The structure of chenevixite and luetheite, Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 25-30 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 50. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 615-620 [view file] |
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