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Name: Nordstrandite RRUFF ID: R130093 Ideal Chemistry: Al(OH)3 Locality: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of colorless to white tabular crystals, associated with white natrolite, apatite, dark prismatic aegirine and annite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Quick search: [ All Nordstrandite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130093.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.708(4)Å b: 5.080(3)Å c: 10.251(5)Å alpha: 109.57(2)° beta: 97.41(2)° gamma: 88.35(2)° Volume: 423.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Nordstrandite | |
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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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Papée D, Tertian R, Biais R (1958) Recherches sur la constitution des gels et des hydrates cristallisés d'alumine, Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France, 10, 1301-1310 |
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Hathaway J C, Schlanger S O (1962) Nordstrandite from Guam, Nature, 196, 265-266 |
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Wall J R D, Wolfenden E B, Beard E H, Deams T (1962) Nordstrandite in soil from West Sarawak, Borneo, Nature, 196, 264-265 |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 209-217 [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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Saalfeld H, Jarchow O (1968) Die Kristallstruktur von nordstrandit, Al(OH)3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 109, 185-191 |
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Bosmans H J (1970) Unit cell and crystal structure of nordstrandite, Al(OH)3, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 649-652 |
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