Sassolite R060496

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Name: Sassolite
RRUFF ID: R060496
Ideal Chemistry: B(OH)3
Locality: Upper Biddy mine, near Ryan, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100059 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless thin pseudohexagonal single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060496.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060496.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.011(7)Å    b: 7.024(6)Å    c: 6.564(9)Å
alpha: 92.57(4)°    beta: 101.08(3)°    gamma: 119.87(3)°   Volume: 271.3(9)    Crystal System: triclinic
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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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REFERENCES for Sassolite

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]

Zachariasen W H (1954) The precise structure of orthoboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 7, 305-310

Gajhede M, Larsen S, Rettrup S (1986) Electron density of orthoboric acid determined by X-ray diffraction at 105 K and ab initio calculations, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 545-552