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Name: Schaurteite RRUFF ID: R120054 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Massive aggregate of parallel and radiating colorless needles intermixed with calcite, associated with tennantite and renierite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Fleischerite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Schaurteite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R120054.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.522(3)Å b: 8.522(3)Å c: 10.796(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 679.1(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Schaurteite | |
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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 (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 925-929 [view file] |
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Strunz H, Tennyson C (1967) Schaurteit ein neues Germanium-Mineral von Tsumeb/SW-Afrika und seine Paragenese, Festschrift Dr. Werner T. Schaurte, Bauer & Schaurte, 1, 33-47 |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file] |
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Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file] |
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Origlieri M J, Downs R T (2013) Schaurteite, Ca3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i6-i6 [view file] |
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