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Name: Ramdohrite RRUFF ID: R110001 Ideal Chemistry: Pb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24 Locality: Chocaya, Potosi, Bolivia Source: Mark N. Feinglos [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Massive, silver metallic associated with quartz and wurtzite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Lillianite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Ramdohrite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110001.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.3113(8)Å b: 12.9772(5)Å c: 8.7333(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.260(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2188.6(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ramdohrite | |
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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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Ahlfeld F (1930) Ramdohrit, ein neues Mineral aus Bolivien, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 8, 365-367 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1931) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 16, 132-132 [view file] |
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Donnay J D H, Donnay G (1954) Syntaxic intergrowths in the andorite series, American Mineralogist, 39, 161-171 [view file] |
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Kawada I, Hellner E (1971) Die kristallstruktur der pseudozelle (sub cell) von andorit VI (ramdohrit), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 551-560 |
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Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Nickel E H, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 593-600 [view file] |
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Makovicky E, Mumme W G (1983) The crystal structure of ramdohrite, Pb6Sb11Ag3S24, and its implications for the andorite group and zinckenite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 147, 58-79 |
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Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Francis C A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Pabst A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 406-412 [view file] |
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Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1984) New data on the minerals of the andorite series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 175-182 |
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Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 2020-2026 [view file] |
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Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Mozgova N N, Jambor J L, Cook N, Pring A, Paar W, Nickel E H, Graeser S, Karup-Møller S, Balic-Zunic T, Mumme W G, Vurro F, Topa D, Bindi L, Bente K, Shimizu M (2008) Sulfosalt systematics: a review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA Commission on Ore Mineralogy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 7-46 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Burt J B, Costin G (2009) Structure refinement of an untwinned single crystal of Ag-excess fizélyite, Ag5.94Pb13.74Sb20.84S48, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1257-1264 [view file] |
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Makovicky E, Mumme W G, Gable R W (2013) The crystal structure of ramdohrite, Pb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24: A new refinement, American Mineralogist, 98, 773-779 |
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