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Name: Frolovite RRUFF ID: R070469 Ideal Chemistry: Ca[B(OH)4]2 Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105794 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous colorless vein, associated with calcite and yellow roweite, R130073 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070469.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.775(1)Å b: 5.682(2)Å c: 8.111(2)Å alpha: 112.85(3)° beta: 101.70(3)° gamma: 108.11(3)° Volume: 291.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Frolovite | |
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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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Petrova E S (1957) A new hydrous calcium borate - frolovite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 86, issue 5 622-625 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 378-387 [view file] |
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Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Gushchina A E, Shashkin D N, Simonov M A, Belov N V (1972) The crystal structure of frolovite CaB2O4(H2O)4 = Ca(B(OH)4)2, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 202, 78-80 [view file] |
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Simonov M A, Kazanskaya E V, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Zhelezi E P, Belov N V (1976) Refinement of the crystal-structure of frolovite, Ca[B(OH)4]2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 21, 471-473 |
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