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Name: Meyerhofferite RRUFF ID: R050671 Ideal Chemistry: CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O Locality: Inyo County, California, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6263 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050671.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.6395(4)Å b: 8.3498(6)Å c: 6.471(1)Å alpha: 90.83(2)° beta: 101.87(1)° gamma: 86.762(5)° Volume: 350.54(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Meyerhofferite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1914) Mineralogical notes. Koechlinite (bismuth molybdate), a new mineral from Schneeberg, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 4, 354-356 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1916) Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 610, 35-55 [view file] |
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Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) The crystal structure of meyerhofferite, CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 321-342 [view file] |
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Clark J R, Christ C L (1960) Hauptman-Karle phase determination applied to meyerhofferite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 343-354 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1993) Hydrogen bonding in meyerhofferite: an X-ray and structure energy study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 305-312 [view file] |
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