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Name: Tschermigite RRUFF ID: R050276 Ideal Chemistry: (NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O Locality: near Wamsutter, Wyoming, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless fibrous columnar aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Alum (5) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050276.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.2402(1)Å b: 12.2402(1)Å c: 12.2402(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1833.86(6)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Tschermigite | |
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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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von Kobel F (1858) Es sind in Salzsäure, einige auch in Wasser, ohne merklichen Rückstand auflöslich. Die Aufl. bildet keine Gallerte, in Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Mineralien mittelst einfacher chemischer Versuche auf trockenem und nassem Wege. Joseph Lindauer'sche Buchhandlung München 47-47 [view file] |
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Abdeen A M, Will G, Schafer W, Kirfel A, Bargouth M O, Recker K, Weiss A (1981) X-ray and neutron diffraction study of alums: II. The crystal structure of methylammonium aluminium alum III. The crystal structure of ammonium aluminium alum, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 157, 147-166 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Kloprogge J T (2001) Raman microscopy study of kalinite, tschermigite and lonecreekite at 298 and 77 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 27-40 |
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Kaminskii A A, Haussühl E, Huassühl S, Eichler H J, Ueda K, Hanuza J, Takaichi K, Rhee H, Gad G M A (2004) α Alums: K, Rb, TI and NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O - a new family of Χ(3)-active crystalline materials for Raman laser converters with large frequency shifts, The Laser Physics Letters, 1, 205-211 [view file] |
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