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Name: Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) RRUFF ID: R080072 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer Country, South Dakota, USA Source: Tom Loomis TL-42 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow blocky to thick tabular crystals associated with scholzite, R080068 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Jahnsite (7) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080072.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.81(2)Å b: 7.158(7)Å c: 9.873(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 108.31(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 994(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) | |
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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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Grice J D, Dunn P J, Ramik R A (1990) Jahnsite-(CaMnMn), a new member of the whiteite group from Mangualde, Beira, Portugal, American Mineralogist, 75, 401-404 [view file] |
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Grey I E, Mumme W G, Neville S M, Wilson N C, Birch W D (2010) Jahnsite - whiteite solid solutions and associated minerals in the phosphate pegmatite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 969-978 [view file] |
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Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020 |
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