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Name: Anorthoroselite RRUFF ID: R150065 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Rose-red granular aggregates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||
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RRUFF ID: | R150065.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.8896(3)Å b: 6.9811(4)Å c: 5.5650(3)Å alpha: 97.348(2)° beta: 108.921(1)° gamma: 108.203(1)° Volume: 198.82(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Anorthoroselite | |
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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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Frondel C (1955) Neomesselite and beta-roselite: two new members of the fairfieldite group, American Mineralogist, 40, 828-833 [view file] |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
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Joswig W, Paulus E F, Liebscher B (2004) Crystal structure of dicalcium (cobalt,magnesium) diarsenate dihydrate, Ca2(Co0.532Mg0.468)[AsO4]2·2H2O, hydrogen bonding in talmessite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 219, 341-342 |
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Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file] |
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Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232 |
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