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Name: Gillardite RRUFF ID: R110068 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3NiCl2(OH)6 Locality: 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia Source: Renato & Adriana Pagano [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of dark green flat rhombohedra Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Gillardite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110068.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.847(1)Å b: 6.847(1)Å c: 13.891(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 564.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Gillardite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Clissold M E, Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320 [view file] |
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Colchester D M, Leverett P, Clissold M E, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) Gillardite, Cu3NiCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 15-18 [view file] |
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Tait K, Poirier G, Rowe R, Piilonen P C (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 252-256 [view file] |
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Sciberras M J, Leverett P, Williams P A, Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Welch M D, Downes P J, Hibbs D E, Kampf A R (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 123-134 |
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