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Name: Rinneite RRUFF ID: R060649 Ideal Chemistry: K3NaFe2+Cl6 Locality: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S100823 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ Rinneite (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Rinneite | |
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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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Boeke H E (1909) Rinneit, ein neugefundenes eisenchlorürhaltiges Salzmineral, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1909, 72-75 [view file] |
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Beattie J K, Moore C J (1982) Crystal and molecular structures of rinneite, sodium tripotassium hexachloroferrate(II), and hexaamminecobalt(III) hexachloroferrate(III). Comparison of iron-chloride distances in hexachloroferrates(II) and -(III), Inorganic Chemistry, 21, 1292-1295 |
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Figgis B N, Sobolev A N, Kucharski E S, Broughton V (2000) Rinneite, K3Na[FeCl6], at 293, 84 and 9.5 K, Acta Crystallographica, C56, e228-e229 |
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Kampf A R, Mills S J, Nestola F, Ciriotti M E, Kasatkin A V (2013) Saltonseaite, K3NaMn2+Cl6, the Mn analogue of rinneite from the Salton Sea, California, American Mineralogist, 98, 231-235 [view file] |
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