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Name: Fleischerite RRUFF ID: R120043 Ideal Chemistry: Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch Owner: RRUFF Description: Bundled aggregate of tan colored acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Fleischerite (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120043.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.883(3)Å b: 8.883(3)Å c: 10.878(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 743.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Fleischerite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1313-1317 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Strunz H (1960) Fleischerit und Itoit, zwei neue Germanium-Mineralien von Tsumeb, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1960, 132-142 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Otto H H (1975) Die Kristallstruktur von Fleischerit, Pb3Ge[(OH)6|(SO4)2]·3H2O, sowie kristallchemische Untersuchungen an isotypen Verbindungen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 123, 160-190 |
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Sima I, Ettinger K, Koppelhuber-Bitschnau B, Taucher J, Walter F (1996) Pb3Sb(OH)6(AsO4,SO4)2·3H2O, ein neues Mineral isotyp mit Fleischerit, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 141, 224-225 |
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Mereiter K, Walter F, Bojar H P (2023) Mallestigite, Pb3Sb(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O, from the type locality - new data, crystal structure, and structural relationships, Mineralogy and Petrology, 117, s00710-023-00837-y [link] [view file] |
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