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Name: Vésigniéite RRUFF ID: R120149 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2 Locality: Mina Milpillas, Municipio de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Olive green druse of platy crystals, some with pseudohexagonal outlines, associated with malachite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R120149.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.239(8)Å b: 5.900(3)Å c: 7.686(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.26(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 416.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Vésigniéite | |
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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 (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 941-944 [view file] |
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Guillemin C (1955) Une nouvelle espèce minérale: la vésigniéite Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 240, 2331-2333 |
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Ma Z, He R, Zhu X (1991) Redetermination of the crystal structure of vesignieite, Acta Geologica Sinica, 4, 145-151 |
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Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 670-675 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Palmer S J, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Plášil J, Bahfenne S, Keefe E C (2011) A Raman spectroscopic study of the different vanadate groups in solid-state compounds - model case: mineral phases vésigniéite [BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2] and volborthite{Cu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O], Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 42, 1701-1710 |
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