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|   | Name: Larderellite RRUFF ID: R130392 Ideal Chemistry: (NH4)B5O7(OH)2·H2O Locality: Larderello Lagoon, Tuscany, Italy Source: Bob Jenkins (capsule), Rock Currier (rock piece) [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Soft, vitreous, opaque white botryoidal crust, in part altered on surface to off-white tiny granules of ammonioborite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | |
| Mineral Group: [ Larderellite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130392.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.465(2)Å    b: 7.625(2)Å    c: 11.647(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 96.94(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 834.4(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Larderellite | |
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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] | |
| Bechi E (1854) Analysis of several native borates: larderellite, (new species), American Journal of Science, 67, 129-130 [view file] | |
| Clark J R, Christ C L (1959) Studies of borate minerals (VII): X-Ray studies of ammonioborite, larderellite, and the potassium and ammonium pentaborate tetrahydrates, American Mineralogist, 44, 1150-1158 [view file] | |
| Merlino S, Sartori F (1969) The crystal structure of larderellite, NH4B5O7(OH)2·H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B25, 2264-2270 | |
| Anderson Y E, Bubnova R S, Filatov S K, Polyakova I G, Krzhizhanovskaya M G (2005) Thermal behavior of larderellite, NH4[B5O7(OH)2]·H2O, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 134, issue 1 103-113 [view file] | |
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