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|   |   | Name: Carlsonite RRUFF ID: R220026 Ideal Chemistry: (NH4)5Fe3+3O(SO4)6·7H2O Locality: Burnside, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of yellow platy or granular crystals, associated with white prismatic pyracmonite (R220027). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Metavoltine (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R220026 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.5757(4) Å    b: 9.7496(4)Å    c:  18.3583(10)Å alpha: 93.424(3)° beta: 95.153(3) ° gamma: 117.993(2) ° Volume: 1497.13(12) Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Carlsonite | |
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| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 23. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014 and 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58 [view file] | |
| Kampf A R, Richards R P, Nash B P, Murowchick J B, Rakovan J F (2016) Carlsonite, (NH4)5Fe3+3O(SO4)6·7H2O, and huizingite-(Al), (NH4)9Al3(SO4)8(OH)2·4H2O, two new minerals from a natural fire in an oil-bearing shale near Milan, Ohio, American Mineralogist, 101, 2095-2107 [view file] | |
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