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Name: Coalingite RRUFF ID: R110197 Ideal Chemistry: Mg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O Locality: Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish-brown flakes Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Hydrotalcite (22) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Coalingite samples (2) ] |
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110197.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.182(1)Å b: 3.182(1)Å c: 37.02(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 324.64(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Coalingite | |
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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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Mumpton F A, Jaffe H W, Thompson C S (1965) Coalingite, a new mineral from the New Idria serpentinite, Fresno and San Benito Counties, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 1893-1913 [view file] |
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Pastor-Rodriguez J, Taylor H F W (1971) Crystal structure of coalingite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 286-294 [view file] |
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Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file] |
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Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file] |
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