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Name: Creaseyite RRUFF ID: R140557 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O Locality: Evening Star mine, Tiger Wash, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Ron Gibbs [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating aggregate of acicular pale-green crystals, associated with prismatic yellow hedyphane. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Creaseyite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140557.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.518(4)Å b: 21.460(9)Å c: 7.290(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1958.3(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Creaseyite | |
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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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Williams S A, Bideaux R A (1975) Creaseyite, Cu2Pb2(Fe,Al)2Si5O17·6H2O a new mineral from Arizona and Sonora, Mineralogical Magazine, 40, 227-231 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 502-504 [view file] |
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