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Name: Arsenbrackebuschite RRUFF ID: R100184 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O) Locality: Mina Ojuela (Campo Sur), Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow to yellowish-orange wedge shaped crystals associated with mimetite and segnitite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100184.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.704(3)Å b: 6.032(2)Å c: 8.972(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.68(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 384.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Arsenbrackebuschite | |
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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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Abraham K, Kautz K, Tillmanns E, Walenta K (1978) Arsenbrackebuschite, Pb2(Fe,Zn)(OH,H2O)[AsO4]2, a new arsenate mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 193-196 |
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Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file] |
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Hofmeister W, Tillman E (1978) Strukturelle untersuchungen an arsenbrackebuschit, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 25, 153-163 |
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Cámara F, Bittarello E, Ciriotti M E, Nestola F, Radica F, Massimi F, Balestra C, Bracco R (2017) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: III. Canosioite, Ba2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH), description and crystal structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 305-317 [view file] |
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