Inderborite R060871
Name: Inderborite
RRUFF ID: R060871
Ideal Chemistry: CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O
Locality: TL, Inder, Kazakhstan
Source: Michael Scott S101031 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless well-formed prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060871.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060871.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.133(3)Å    b: 7.425(2)Å    c: 19.209(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.40(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1730.5(5)    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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REFERENCES for Inderborite

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]

Gorshkov G S (1941) A new mineral from the region of Lake Inder, Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l’Académie des Sciences de l’URSS, 33, 254-256   [view file]

Fleischer M (1943) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 28, 282-284   [view file]

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Structure and hydrogen bonding in inderborite, a heteropolyhedral sheet structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 533-539   [view file]