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Zaccariniite

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Formula:
RhNiAs
System:Tetragonal
Name:
Named in honour of Dr Federica Zaccarini, University of Leoben, Austria, for her work on PGE in chromitites and ultrabasic rocks.
This page provides mineralogical data about Zaccariniite .

Classification of Zaccariniite

IMA status:Approved 2011
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Type Occurrence of Zaccariniite

Type Locality:Loma Peguera, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Mineralogical Museum of Leoben, Peter Tunner Strasse 5, Leoben, Austria, catalogue number 8241

Crystallography of Zaccariniite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Class (H-M):4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Space Group:P4/nmm {P4/n 21/m 2/m}
Cell Parameters:a = 3.5496(1) Å, c = 6.1578(2) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.735
Unit Cell Volume:V 77.59 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
2.326(97)
2.053(56)
1.945(100)
1.776(58)
1.775(83)
1.256(86)
1.164(60)
0.973(69)

Chemical Properties of Zaccariniite

Formula:
RhNiAs
Essential elements:As, Ni, Rh
All elements listed in formula:As, Ni, Rh

Other Names for Zaccariniite

Synonyms:
IMA2011-086
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Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Zaccariniite

Reference List:

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Vymazalová, A., Laufek, F., Drábek, M., Stanley, C.J., Bakker, R.J.,Bermejo, R., Garuti, G., Thalhammer, O., Proenza, J.A. and Longo, F. (2012) Zaccariniite, IMA 2011-086. CNMNC Newsletter No. 12, February 2012, page 154; Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 151-155

Vyzmalová, A., Laufer, F., Drábek, M., Stanley, C., Bakker, R.J., Bermejo, R., Garuti, G., Thalhammer, O., Proenza, J.A., Longo, F. (2012): Zaccariniite, RhNiAs, a new platinum-group mineral species from Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1321-1329.

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    • Monseñor Nouel Province
      • Bonao
    		Vymazalová, A., Laufek, F., Drábek, M., Stanley, C.J., Bakker, R.J.,Bermejo, R., Garuti, G., Thalhammer, O., Proenza, J.A. and Longo, F. (2012): Zaccariniite, IMA 2011-086. CNMNC Newsletter No. 12, February 2012, page 154; Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 151-155; Vyzmalová, A., Laufer, F., Drábek, M., Stanley, C., Bakker, R.J., Bermejo, R., Garuti, G., Thalhammer, O., Proenza, J.A., Longo, F. (2012): Zaccariniite, RhNiAs, a new platinum-group mineral species from Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1321-1329.
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