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|   |   | Name: Kalicinite RRUFF ID: R130026 Ideal Chemistry: KH(CO3) Locality: Lab-grown by bacteria in 15% potassium carbonate Source: Dr. Flavia Pinzari Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic or elongated tabular crystals with striations parallel to the elongated direction. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R130026.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 15.123(3)Å    b: 5.624(2)Å    c: 3.713(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 103.68(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 306.84(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Kalicinite | |
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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] | |
| Pisani F (1865) Sur la kalicine, nouvelle espèce minérale de Chypis en Valais, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 60, 918-919 [view file] | |
| Nitta I, Tomiie Y, Koo C H (1952) The crystal structure of potassium bicarbonate, KHCO3, Acta Crystallographica, 5, 292-292 | |
| Nitta I, Tomiie Y, Koo C H (1954) On the relation among the results of various investigations on potassium bicarbonate, KHCO3, Acta Crystallographica, 7, 140-141 | |
| Thomas J O, Tellgren R, Olovsson I (1974) Hydrogen-bond studies. LXXXIV. An X-ray diffraction study of the structures of KHCO3 and KDCO3 at 298, 219 and 95 K, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 1155-1166 | |
| Roth P (2007) Kalicinite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 94-95 | |
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