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Name: Roweite RRUFF ID: R130073 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6 Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105794 Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow crystals, associated with calcite and colorless frolovite, R070469. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130073.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.921(2)Å b: 13.275(3)Å c: 8.260(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 978.1(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Roweite | |
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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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Berman H, Gonyer F A (1937) Roweite, a new mineral from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 22, 301-303 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1974) Roweite, Ca2Mn2+2(OH)4[B4O7(OH)2]: Its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 59, 60-65 [view file] |
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