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Name: Humberstonite RRUFF ID: R060718 Ideal Chemistry: K3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O Locality: Officina Alemania, Antofagasta Province, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Mass of colorless grains Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060718.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.9109(4)Å b: 10.9109(4)Å c: 24.393(1)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 2514.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Humberstonite | |
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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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Ericksen G E, Fahey J J, Mrose M E (1967) Humberstonite, Na7K3Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O: A new saline mineral from the Atacama Desert, Chile, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings, 1967, 59-59 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file] |
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Mrose M E, Fahey J J, Ericksen G E (1970) Mineralogical studies of the nitrate deposits of Chile. III. Humberstonite, K3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O, a new saline mineral, American Mineralogist, 55, 1518-1533 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal structure of humberstonite, a mixed sulfate-nitrate mineral, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 381-385 [view file] |
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