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Name: Hydroxylpyromorphite RRUFF ID: R200007 Ideal Chemistry: Pb5(PO4)3(OH) Locality: Western end of Pusch Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Source: Warren Lazar Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless or yellowish prismatic crystals, associated with lazaraskeite, chrysocolla, muscovite, orthoclase, calcite, and quartz. Status: unconfirmed |
Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R200007 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.00(2) Å b: 10.00(2)Å c: 7.308(13)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 633(2) Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Hydroxylpyromorphite | |
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Barinova A V, Bonin M, Pushcharovskii D Y, Rastsvetaeva R K, Schenk K, Dimitrova O V (1998) Crystal structure of synthetic hydroxylpyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3(OH), Crystallography Reports, 43, 189-192 |
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Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 40. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1577-1581 [view file] |
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Olds T A, Kampf A R, Rakovan J F, Burns P C, Mills O P, Laughlin-Yurs C (2021) Hydroxylpyromorphite, a mineral important to lead remediation: Modern description and characterization, American Mineralogist, 106, 922-929 |
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