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Name: Tyrolite RRUFF ID: R050231 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O Locality: Tyrol, Austria Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin green scaly crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Tyrolite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Tyrolite samples (3) ] |
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050231.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.40(3)Å b: 54.9(3)Å c: 5.52(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3151(10)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Tyrolite | |
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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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Werner A G (1817) Kupferschaum, in Letztes Mineral-System Craz, Gerlach and Gerold Freiberg 50-51 [view file] |
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Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. IV. Ordnung. Malachite. VII. Euchlormalachit. Tirolit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 506-511 [view file] |
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Church A H (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12 [view file] |
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Berry L G (1948) Tyrolite, higginsite and cornwallite, American Mineralogist, 33, 193-193 [view file] |
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Guillemin C (1956) Contribution a la minéralogie des arséniates, phosphates et vanadates de cuivre, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 79, 7-95 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 117-124 [view file] |
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Kloprogge J T, Frost R L (2000) Raman microscopy study of tyrolite: a multi-anion arsenate mineral, Applied Spectroscopy, 54, 517-521 |
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Krivovichev S V, Chernyshov D Y, Döbelin N, Armbruster T, Kahlenberg V, Kaindl R, Ferraris G, Tessadri R, Kaltenhauser G (2006) Crystal chemistry and polytypism of tyrolite, American Mineralogist, 91, 1378-1384 [view file] |
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