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Simonellite R130116
Name: Simonellite
RRUFF ID: R130116
Ideal Chemistry: C19H24
Locality: Fognano, Montepulliano, Tuscany, Italy
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of colorless irregular crystals. Note: quickly dissolves in acetone
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R130116
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Almega 532nm @ 16% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130116.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.253(3)Å    b: 9.124(3)Å    c: 35.996(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 3039(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Simonellite

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]

Boeris G (1919) Sopra un idrocarburo della lignite di Fognano. Nota preliminare., Rendiconto delle sessioni Della R. Accademia Delle Scienze Dell’ Istituto Bologna, 23, 83-87   [view file]

Ciusa R, Galizzi A (1921) Ricerche su alcuni costituenti delle lignite, Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, 51, 55-60   [view file]

Wherry E T, Holden E F (1922) New minerals - new species, American Mineralogist, 7, 178-180   [view file]

Emiliani F, Pellizzer R, Andreatta C C (1952) Studio morfologico ed ottico della simonellite, Rendiconti Lincei Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 12, 724-728   [view file]

Emiliani F, Pellizzer R, Andreatta C C (1953) Cella elementare e gruppo spaziale della simonellite, Rendiconti Lincei Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 14, 652-657   [view file]

Ghigi E, Fabbri G (1965) Sulla struttura di un terpenoide fossile, Atti della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Classe di Scienze Fische. Rendiconti, 2, 83-91

Ghigi E, Drusiani A, Plessi L, Cavrini V (1968) Sulla struttura di un terpenoide fossile. - Nota II. Sintesi della simonellite, Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, 98, 795-799   [view file]

Foresti E, Riva di Sanseverino L (1969) The X-ray crystal and molecular structure of an organic mineral: simonellite, C19H24, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 47, 41-54

Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818   [view file]