Parasibirskite R110009
Name: Parasibirskite
RRUFF ID: R110009
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2B2O5·H2O
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Jin-Xiao Mi [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Loose aggregate of colorless tabular crystals, mixed with CaLiBO3 crystals (R110010)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110009
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110009.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.722(2)Å    b: 5.440(1)Å    c: 3.5566(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 92.92(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 129.87(6)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Parasibirskite

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]

Kusachi I, Takechi Y, Henmi C, Kobayashi S (1998) Parasibirskite, a new mineral from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 521-525   [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 685-688   [view file]

Takahashi R, Kusachi I, Miura H (2010) Crystal structure of parasibirskite (CaHBO3) and polymorphism in sibirskite and parasibirskite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 105, 70-73

Sun W, Huang Y X, Li Z, Pan Y, Mi J X (2011) Hydrothermal synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structure refinement of three borates: sibirskite, parasibirskite and priceite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 823-834   [view file]