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Name: Epsomite RRUFF ID: X050074 Ideal Chemistry: MgSO4·7H2O Locality: Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA Source: Caltech Owner: Caltech Description: Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy |
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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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Jameson R (1805) Natural epsom salt, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 22-24 [view file] |
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Delamétherie J C (1806) Tableau des analyses chimiques des minéraux, et d'une nouvelle classification de ces substances, fondée sur ces analyses, Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d´Histoire Naturelle, 62, 319-365; 376-405 [view file] |
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Brooke H J (1823) On the crystalline forms of artificial salts, The Annals of Philosophy, 5, 449-452;38-43;117-121;374 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 653-654 [view file] |
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Baur W H (1964) On the crystal chemistry of salt hydrates. IV. The refinement of the crystal structure of MgSO4·7H2O (Epsomite), Acta Crystallographica, 17, 1361-1369 |
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Mandarino J A, Harris D C (1965) New Canadian mineral occurrences: I. Eucryptite, pollucite, rozenite, epsomite, dawsonite, fairchildite and butschliite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 377-381 [view file] |
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Fortes A D (2005) From Surrey to the moons of Jupiter (via Mars): The story of epsomite, Axis, 1, issue 9 www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-28 |
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Fortes A D, Wood I G, Alfredsson M, Vocadlo L, Knight K S (2006) The thermoelastic properties of MgSO4·7D2O (epsomite) from powder neutron diffraction and ab initio calculation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 449-462 |
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Peterson R C, Nelson W, Madu B, Shurvell H F (2007) Meridianiite (MgSO4·11H2O): a new mineral species observed on Earth and predicted to exist on Mars, Seventh International Conference on Mars, 7, 3124-3124 |
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Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file] |
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