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Name: Delafossite RRUFF ID: R050403 Ideal Chemistry: Cu1+Fe3+O2 Locality: Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Black bladed rosettes Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| RRUFF ID: | R050403.1 | |||||||
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a: 5.979(1)Å b: 5.979(1)Å c: 5.979(1)Å alpha: 29.336(5)° beta: 29.336(5)° gamma: 29.336(5)° Volume: 45.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: rhombohedral |
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| REFERENCES for Delafossite | |
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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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Friedel C (1873) Sur une combinaison naturelle des oxydes de fer et de cuivre, et sur la reproduction de l'atacamite, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 77, 211-214 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1775-1780 [view file] |
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Effenberger H (1991) Structure of hexagonal copper(I) ferrite, Acta Crystallographica, C47, 2644-2646 |
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Tendeloo G V, Garlea O, Darie C, Bougerol-Chaillout C, Bordet P (2001) The fine structure of YCuO2+x delafossite determined by synchrotron powder diffraction and electron microscopy, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 156, 428-436 |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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