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Bakerite R050423
Name: Bakerite
RRUFF ID: R050423
Ideal Chemistry: Ca4B5(SiO4)3(O3(OH)5)
Locality: Corkscrew Canyon, Death Valley, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White fine-grained aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Gadolinite (18) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050423.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca4.00(B4.99S0.01)Σ=5(Si2.97Al0.03)Σ=3O15(OH)5
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050423
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050423.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050423.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.790(2)Å    b: 7.5700(4)Å    c: 9.5391(8)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.44(1)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 345.9(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bakerite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Giles W B (1903) Bakerite (a new borosilicate of calcium) and howlite from California, Mineralogical Magazine, 13, 353-355   [view file]

Kramer H, Allen R D (1956) A restudy of bakerite, priceite, and veatchite, American Mineralogist, 41, 689-700   [view file]

Murdoch J (1962) Bakerite crystals, American Mineralogist, 47, 919-923   [view file]

Perchiazzi N, Gualtieri A F, Merlino S, Kampf A R (2004) The atomic structure of bakerite and its relationship to datolite, American Mineralogist, 89, 767-776   [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2016) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 33. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1135-1144   [view file]