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Name: Carnallite RRUFF ID: R050353 Ideal Chemistry: KMgCl3·6H2O Locality: Strassfurt, Germany Source: California Institute of Technology W-22255 Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless single crystals and grains associated with halite, sylvite, and anhydrite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Carnallite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Carnallite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050353.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 16.132(3)Å b: 22.517(2)Å c: 9.572(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3476.7(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Carnallite | |
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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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Rose H (1856) Ueber den Carnallit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 98, 161-163 [view file] |
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Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124 [view file] |
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Fischer W (1973) Die kristallstruktur des carnallits KMgCl3·6H2O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1973, 100-109 |
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Schlemper E O, Sen Gupta P K, Zoltai T (1985) Refinement of the structure of carnallite, Mg(H2O)6KCl3, American Mineralogist, 70, 1309-1313 [view file] |
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