Kaliborite R060352


Name: Kaliborite
RRUFF ID: R060352
Ideal Chemistry: HKMg2B12O16(OH)10·4H2O
Locality: Inder Boron deposit, Atyrau (Gur'yev), Atyrau Oblast', Kazakhstan
Source: Herb Obodda 008 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060352.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: K1.00H1.00Mg2.00B12.00O16(OH)10ยท4H2O ; H and B not measured but estimated by stoichiometry
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150 mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060352.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 18.564(3)Å    b: 8.4549(9)Å    c: 14.671(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 100.12(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2266.9(3)    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 Kaliborite

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]

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Kaliborite: An example of a crystallographically symmetrical hydrogen bond, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 885-894   [view file]