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Name: Tunellite RRUFF ID: R070755 Ideal Chemistry: SrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O Locality: Jennifer mine, U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA Source: Michael Scott S103452 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless rhombohedron with defined cleavage Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R070755.1 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal work | ||||||
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a: 14.33(1)Å b: 8.183(6)Å c: 9.90(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.94(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1062(3) Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Tunellite | |
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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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Erd R C, Morgan V, Clark J R (1961) Tunellite, a new hydrous strontium borate from the Kramer Borate District, California, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 424-C, 294-297 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 414-420 [view file] |
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Clark J R (1963) Boron-oxygen polyanion in the crystal structure of tunellite, Science, 141, 1178-1179 |
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Clark J R (1964) The crystal structure of tunellite, SrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O, American Mineralogist, 49, 1549-1568 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Hydrogen bonding in tunellite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 895-902 [view file] |
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