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Name: Huntite RRUFF ID: R040126 Ideal Chemistry: CaMg3(CO3)4 Locality: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8731 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White fine-grained massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Huntite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R040126.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.4962(2)Å b: 9.4962(2)Å c: 7.8142(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 610.27(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Huntite | |
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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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Faust G T (1953) Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 38, 4-24 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] |
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Graf D L, Bradley W F (1962) The crystal structure of huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 238-242 |
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Dollase W A, Reeder R J, (1986) Crystal structure refinement of huntite, CaMg3(CO3)4, with X-ray powder data, American Mineralogist, 71, 163-166 [view file] |
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