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Name: Ktenasite RRUFF ID: R070081 Ideal Chemistry: ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O Locality: Amot, Modum, Norway Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radial aggregates of bluish green tabular crystals, associated with colorless tabular gypsum crystals. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ Ktenasite (6) ] [ Devilline (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Ktenasite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070081.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.605(3)Å b: 6.132(3)Å c: 23.80(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.29(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 814(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ktenasite | |
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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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Kokkoros P (1950) Ktenasit, ein Zink-Kupfersulfat aus Lavrion (Griechenland), Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 1, 342-346 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 381-384 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262 [view file] |
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Raade G, Elliott C J, Fejer E E (1977) New data on ktenasite, Mineralogical Magazine, 41, 65-70 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Merlino S (1978) Ktenasite, another mineral with 2[(Cu,Zn)2(OH)3O)]- octahedral sheets, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 147, 129-140 [view file] |
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Olsen E, Lewis C F (1979) Ktenasite from Creede, Colorado, American Mineralogist, 64, 446-448 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Orlandi P, Boscardin M (1981) Chemical and crystallographic data for ktenasite, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 37, 409-414 [view file] |
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Sarp H, Perroud P, Camerola M (1990) Cobalt nickel-kténasite de la mine de Cap Garonne (Var), France, nouvelle variété de kténasite, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 70, 333-335 |
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Livingstone A (1991) The zinc analogue of ktenasite from Smallcleugh and Brownley Hills mines, Nenthead, Cumbria, Journal of the Russell Society, 4, 13-15 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 672-678 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2004) Raman spectroscopy of basic copper (II) and some complex copper (II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding, American Mineralogist, 89, 1130-1137 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 52. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 887-893 [view file] |
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