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Name: Strontioginorite RRUFF ID: R110149 Ideal Chemistry: CaSrB14O20(OH)6·5H2O Locality: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Source: Donald M Doell and Brian Roulston [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless elongated tetragonal prisms, extracted by dissolving the matrix of sylvite/halite, associated with howlite R110150, volkovskite R110151, ruitenbergite R110152, congolite R110153, and hilgardite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110149.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.821(2)Å b: 14.445(2)Å c: 12.793(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 101.325(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2323.2(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Strontioginorite | |
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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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Braitsch O (1959) Über Strontioginorit, eine neu Ginorit-Varietät aus dem Zechsteinsalz, Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 6, 366-370 |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480 [view file] |
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Konnert J A, Clark J R, Christ C L (1970) Crystal structure of strontioginorite, (Sr, Ca)2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O, American Mineralogist, 55, 1911-1931 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file] |
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Grice J D (2005) Strontioginorite: crystal-structure analysis and hydrogen bonding, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1019-1026 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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