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Name: Philipsbornite RRUFF ID: R060683 Ideal Chemistry: PbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6 Locality: Gold Hill, Nevada, USA Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of olive green spheroidal masses Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ crandallite (14) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Philipsbornite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060683.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.0881(2)Å b: 7.0881(2)Å c: 16.9946(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 739.44(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Philipsbornite | |
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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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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 854-860 [view file] |
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Walenta K, Zwiener M, Dunn P J (1982) Philipsbornit, ein neues Mineral der Crandallitreihe von Dundas auf Tasmanien, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1982, 1-5 |
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Schwab R G, Götz C, Herold H, Pinto de Oliveira N (1991) Compounds of the crandallite type: Synthesis and properties of pure (Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, La, Ce to Eu) - arsenocrandallites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1991, 97-112 |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (2012) Refinement of the crystal structure of zoned philipsbornite-hidalgoite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, and hydrogen bonding in the D2+G3+3(T5+O4)(TO3OH)(OH)6 alunite structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 839-849 [view file] |
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