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Name: Metahewettite RRUFF ID: R070199 Ideal Chemistry: CaV5+6O16·3H2O Locality: Fish Creek Range, south of Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red pulverulent coating Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Hewettite (4) ] |
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REFERENCES for Metahewettite | |
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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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Hillebrand W F, Merwin H E, Wright F E (1914) Hewettite, metahewettite and pascoite, hydrous calcium vanadates, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 53, 31-54 [view file] |
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Barnes W H, Qurashi M M (1952) Unit cell and space group data for certain vanadium minerals, American Mineralogist, 37, 407-422 |
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Bachmann H G, Barnes W H (1962) The crystal structure of a sodium-calcium variety of metahewettite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 219-235 [view file] |
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Evans H T, Hughes J M (1990) Crystal chemistry of the natural vanadium bronzes, American Mineralogist, 75, 508-521 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L (2004) Hydrogen bonding in selected vanadates: a Raman and infrared spectroscopy study, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2419 |
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