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Name: Metamunirite RRUFF ID: R060624 Ideal Chemistry: NaV5+O3 Locality: Big Gypsum Valley, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Source: Michael Scott S100795 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored divergent radial spray of bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060624.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.2(1)Å b: 3.67(2)Å c: 5.54(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 288(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Metamunirite | |
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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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Kato K, Takayama E (1984) Das entwässerungsverhalten des natriummetavanadatdihydrats und die kristallstruktur des β-natriummetavanadats, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 102-105 |
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Evans H T (1991) Metamunirite, a new anhydrous sodium metavanadate from San Miguel County, Colorado, Mineralogical Magazine, 55, 509-513 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1116-1121 [view file] |
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