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Name: Hashemite RRUFF ID: R100120 Ideal Chemistry: Ba(CrO4) Locality: 60 kilometers south east of Aman, West Central Jordan Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Doubly-terminated to tabular brown crystals with striations, associated with calcite and elongated yellow amorphous minerals. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Baryte (18) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100120.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.1024(9)Å b: 5.529(2)Å c: 7.333(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 369.06(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Hashemite | |
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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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Hauff P L, Foord E E, Rosenblum S, Hakki W (1983) Hashemite, Ba(Cr,S)O4, a new mineral from Jordan, American Mineralogist, 68, 1223-1225 [view file] |
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Duesler E N, Foord E E (1986) Crystal structure of hashemite, BaCrO4, a barite structure type, American Mineralogist, 71, 1217-1220 [view file] |
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Pasero M, Davoli P (1987) Structure of hashemite, Ba(Cr,S)O4, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 1467-1469 |
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