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|   |   | Name: Creedite RRUFF ID: R050141 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O Locality: Mina de Navidad, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico Source: Dave Bunk Minerals Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating group of bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R050141.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 13.9533(6)Å    b: 8.6087(3)Å    c: 9.9874(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 94.355(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1196.24(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Creedite | |
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| 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] | |
| Gordon S G (1916) New species, American Mineralogist, 1, 86-88 [view file] | |
| Larsen E S, Wells R C (1916) Some minerals from the fluorite-barite vein near Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2, 360-365 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] | |
| Dunn P J, Grice J D, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 1038-1041 [view file] | |
| Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1983) Structural analysis and refinement of Bolivian creedite, Ca3Al2F8(OH)2(SO4)·2H2O. The role of the hydrogen atoms, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 69-78 | |
| Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] | |
| Ksenofontov D A, Kabalov Y K, Zubkova N V, Shiyapova R R (2011) Structure refinement and thermal stability of creedite, Inorganic Materials, 47, 1402-1405 [view file] | |
| Ksenofontov D A, Kabalov Y K, Zubkova N V, Shiyapova R R (2011) Structure refinement and thermal stability of creedite (English), Neorganicheskie Materialy, 47, 1533-1536 [view file] | |
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