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Name: Probertite RRUFF ID: R050284 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O Locality: Borax Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spray of colorless acicular single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050284.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.5816(7)Å b: 12.5516(6)Å c: 13.4183(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.021(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1091.6(0)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Probertite | |
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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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Eakle A S (1929) Probertite, a new borate, American Mineralogist, 14, 427-430 [view file] |
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Rumanova I M, Kurbanov K M, Belov N V (1966) Determination of the crystal structure of probertite CaNa[B5O7(OH)4J·3H2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 10, 513-522 [view file] |
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Menchetti S, Sabelli C, Trosti-Ferroni R (1982) Probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4].3H2O: a refinement, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 3072-3075 |
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Gatta G D, Cannaò E, Gagliardi V, Fabelo O (2022) Crystal-chemical reinvestigation of probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]·3H2O, a mineral commodity of boron, American Mineralogist, 107, 1378-1384 |
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