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Name: Plumbotsumite RRUFF ID: R110157 Ideal Chemistry: Pb5Si4O8(OH)10 Locality: Blue Bell claims, Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA Source: Donald M Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Glassy pale blue massive, with a well-defined cleavage. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110157.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.263(2)Å b: 15.899(4)Å c: 30.222(9)Å alpha: 79.95(1)° beta: 89.87(1)° gamma: 89.35(1)° Volume: 4382(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Plumbotsumite | |
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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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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082 [view file] |
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Keller P, Dunn P J (1982) Plumbotsumite, Pb5(OH)10Si4O8, a new lead silicate from Tsumeb, Namibia, Chemie der Erde, 41, 1-6 |
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Marty J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Weiβ S (2010) Seltene neue Tellurmineralien aus Kalifornien, Utah, Arizona und New Mexico (USA), Lapis, 35, 42-51; 66 |
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Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2011) Synthesis of Pb-zoisite and Pb-lawsonite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 99-110 |
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