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Name: Trevorite RRUFF ID: R140860 Ideal Chemistry: NiFe3+2O4 Locality: Bon Accord, Barberton District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black octahedral crystals embedded in fine green nepouite matrix Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Trevorite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140860.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.335(3)Å b: 8.335(3)Å c: 8.335(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 578.97(5)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Trevorite | |
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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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Crosse A F (1921) A rich nickel ore, Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South Africa, 21, 126-127 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1924) Redefinition of species, American Mineralogist, 9, 97-98 [view file] |
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de Waal S A (1969) Nickel minerals from Barberton, South Africa: I. Ferroan trevorite, American Mineralogist, 54, 1204-1208 [view file] |
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de Waal S A (1972) Mineralogical notes: nickel minerals from Barberton, South Africa: V. trevorite, redescribed, American Mineralogist, 57, 1524-1527 [view file] |
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Blesa M C, Amador, U, Morán E, Menéndez N, Tornero J D, Rodríguez-Carvajal J (1993) Synthesis and characterization of nickel and magnesium ferrites obtained from α-NaFeO2, Solid State Ionics, 63, 429-436 |
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Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95 |
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O'Driscoll B, Clay P L, Cawthorn P L, Lenaz D, Adetunji J, Kronz A (2014) Trevorite: Ni-rich spinel formed by metasomatism and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa?, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 145-163 |
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Tredoux M, Zaccarini F, Garuti G, Miller D E (2016) Phases in the Ni-Sb-As system which occur in the Bon Accord oxide body, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 187-198 |
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Beckett-Brown C E, McDonald A M (2018) The crystal-chemistry of Ni-bearing spinel-group minerals: Chemical, geological, and exploration implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 77-94 |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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