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Name: Kaliborite RRUFF ID: R060352 Ideal Chemistry: KHMg2B12O16(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 |
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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)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kaliborite | |
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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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Feit W (1889) Ueber Kaliborit, ein neues Borsäure-Mineral, Chemiker-Zeitung, 73, 1188-1188 [view file] |
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Mrose M E, Schaller W T (1965) The identity of paternoite with kaliborite (K2O·4MgO·11B2O3·18H2O), American Mineralogist, 50, 1079-1083 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Kaliborite: An example of a crystallographically symmetrical hydrogen bond, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 885-894 [view file] |
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