Meyerhofferite R050671
Name: Meyerhofferite
RRUFF ID: R050671
Ideal Chemistry: CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O
Locality: Inyo County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6263 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050671.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00B3O3(OH)5·H2O ; B not measured but estimated by charge balance
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050671
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050671.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050671.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.6395(4)Å    b: 8.3498(6)Å    c: 6.471(1)Å
alpha: 90.83(2)°    beta: 101.87(1)°    gamma: 86.762(5)°   Volume: 350.54(6)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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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 Meyerhofferite

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]

Schaller W T (1914) Mineralogical notes. Koechlinite (bismuth molybdate), a new mineral from Schneeberg, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 4, 354-356   [view file]

Schaller W T (1916) Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 610, 35-55   [view file]

Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) The crystal structure of meyerhofferite, CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 321-342   [view file]

Clark J R, Christ C L (1960) Hauptman-Karle phase determination applied to meyerhofferite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 343-354   [view file]

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1993) Hydrogen bonding in meyerhofferite: an X-ray and structure energy study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 305-312   [view file]