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Name: Arseniosiderite RRUFF ID: R150062 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O Locality: Benjamin Hill, Sonora, Mexico Source: Michael Scott S104843 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark red platy crystals, associated with yellow tan colored granular aggregates of beudantite, euhedral red sewardite and quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Arseniosiderite (5) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Arseniosiderite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R150062.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 17.941(5)Å b: 19.734(2)Å c: 11.426(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.46(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 4026.7(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Arseniosiderite | |
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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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Dufrenoy A (1842) Description de l´arsénio-sidérite, nouvelle espèce d´arséniate de fer, Annales des Mines, 2, 343-348 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Ito J (1974) I. Jahnsite, segelerite, and robertsite, three new transition metal phosphate species II. Redefinition of overite, an isotype of segelerite III. Isotypy of robertsite, mitridatite, and arseniosiderite, American Mineralogist, 59, 48-59 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 672-678 [view file] |
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Gomez M A, Becze L, Blyth R I R, Cutler J N, Demopoulos G P (2010) Molecular and structural investigation of yukonite (synthetic & natural) and its relation to arseniosiderite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 5835-5851 |
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King G, Celikin M, Gomez M A, Becze L, Petkov V, Della Ventura G (2020) Revealing the structures and relationships of Ca(II)–Fe(III)–AsO4 minerals: arseniosiderite and yukonite, Environmental Science Nano, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/d0en00503g |
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