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Name: Tinticite RRUFF ID: R190028 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O Locality: Rocabruna mines, Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Source: Joan Rosell, Jordi Ibáñez (CSIC-ITJA), Tariq Jawhari (CCiTUB) Owner: Joan Rosell Description: White, fine-grained spherical aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Tinticite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R190028 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, with some quartz | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.9501(7)Å b: 9.974(1)Å c: 7.634(1)Å alpha: 103.86(1)° beta: 115.835(9)° gamma: 67.855(7)° Volume: 502.57(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Tinticite | |
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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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Stringham B (1946) Tinticite, a new mineral from Utah, American Mineralogist, 31, 395-400 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 371-374 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 1399-1404 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file] |
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Rius J, Louer D, Louer M, Gali S, Melgarejo J C (2000) Structure solution from powder data of the phosphate hydrate tinticite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 581-588 |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 376-379 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Lengauer C L, Giester G (2016) Crystal structure and isotypism of the iron(III) arsenate kamarizaite and the iron(III) phosphate tinticite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 71-81 |
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