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Name: Barytocalcite RRUFF ID: R050288 Ideal Chemistry: BaCa(CO3)2 Locality: Cumberland, England Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Light tan elongated crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Barytocalcite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050288.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.1118(6)Å b: 5.2386(3)Å c: 6.5519(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 106.097(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 267.50(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Barytocalcite | |
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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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Brooke H J, Children J G (1824) On baryto-calcite, The Annals of Philosophy, 8, 114-116 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Dickens B, Bowen J S (1971) The crystal structure of BaCa(CO3)2 (barytoclacite), Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards - A. Physics and Chemistry, 75A, 197-203 [view file] |
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Kapustin Y L (1980) Alstonite, barytocalcite and norsethite, in Mineralogy of Carbonatites Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 151-153 |
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Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [view file] |
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Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233 |
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