Szaibélyite R070498



Name: Szaibélyite
RRUFF ID: R070498
Ideal Chemistry: MgBO2(OH)
Locality: Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Matted aggregates of white fibrous crystals, associated with magnetite and chromite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070498.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070498
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070498.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.5828(6)Å    b: 10.4107(2)Å    c: 3.1367(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 95.845(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 408.76(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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Szaibélyite

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]

Peters K F (1862) Szajbélyit, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 44, 143-148   [view file]

Schaller W T (1942) The identity of ascharite, camsellite, and β-ascharite with szaibelyite; and some relations of the magnesium borate minerals, American Mineralogist, 27, 467-486

Takéuchi Y, Kudoh Y (1975) Szaibelyite, Mg2(OH)[B2O4(OH)]: crystal structure, pseudosymmetry, and polymorphism, American Mineralogist, 60, 273-279   [view file]

Marincea S (2001) New data on szaibelyite from the type locality, Băiţa Bihor, Romania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 111-127   [view file]

Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487   [view file]

Grice J D (2008) Szaibélyite: Crystal structure analysis and hydrogen bonding, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 671-677   [view file]

Bilohuščin V, Uher P, Koděra P, Milovská S, Mikuš T, Bačík P (2017) Evolution of borate minerals from contact metamorphic to hydrothermal stages: Ludwigite-group minerals and szaibélyite from the Vysoká - Zlatno skarn, Slovakia, Mineralogy and Petrology, 111, 643-658