Sulfoborite R140689

Name: Sulfoborite
RRUFF ID: R140689
Ideal Chemistry: Mg3[B(OH)4]2(SO4)(OH,F)2
Locality: Gröna mine, Bernburg, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic orthorhombic crystals. Locality is listed as 'Bernburg-Gröna, Bezirk Halle', 'Gröna Mine, Bernburg' is a guess.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R140689
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R140689.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.1876(18)Å    b: 12.5781(16)Å    c: 7.8107(13)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1000.88(13)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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REFERENCES for Sulfoborite

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]

Bücking H (1893) Sulfoborit, ein neues krystallisirtes Borat von Westeregeln, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1893, 967-972   [view file]

Iorysh Z I, Rumanova I M, Belov N V (1976) Crystal structure of Mg3(OH)2[SO4][B(OH)4]2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 21, 296-298

Giese R F, Penna G (1983) The crystal structure of sulfoborite, Mg3SO4(B(OH)4)2(OH)F, American Mineralogist, 68, 255-261   [view file]