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Name: Čechite RRUFF ID: R170047 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe2+(VO4)(OH) Locality: Maria Magdalena mine, Ulldemolins, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Source: Joan Rosell, Tariq Jawhari, Jordi Ibáñez and Xavier Llovet (CCiTUB Barcelona) Owner: Joan Rosell Description: Black tabular or pyramidal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ descloizite (10) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Čechite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R170047 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.6028(2)Å b: 9.4343(3)Å c: 6.0902(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 436.83(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Čechite | |
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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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Mrázek Z, Táborský Z (1981) Čechite, Pb(Fe+2,Mn+2)(VO4)(OH), a new mineral of the descloizite-pyrobelonite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1981, 520-528 |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082 [view file] |
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Effenberger H, Pertlik F (1988) Comparison of the homeomorphic crystal structures of Pb(Fe,Mn)(VO4)(OH) = cechite and PbCu(AsO4)(OH) = duftite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 185, 610-610 [view file] |
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Pertlik F (1989) The crystal structure of cechite, Pb(Fe2+,Mn2+)(VO4)(OH) with Fe>Mn. A mineral of the descloizite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 34-40 |
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Rosell J, Rubio C, Varela F (2017) Los minerales de vanadio de la mina "María Magdalena" Ulldemolins, el Priorat, Tarragona, Paragénesis, 2017, issue 1 3, 44-48 [view file] |
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