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|   |   | Name: Rostite RRUFF ID: R061001 Ideal Chemistry: Al(SO4)(OH)·5H2O Locality: Kladno, Bohmen, Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S100383 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Chalky white nodular aggregates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Khademite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R061001.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 11.179(1)Å    b: 13.055(2)Å    c: 10.8969(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1590.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Rostite | |
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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] | |
| Bariand P, Berthelon J P, Cesbron F, Sadrzadeh M (1973) Un nouveau sulfate hydraté d'aluminum: la khademite de Saghand (Iran), Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 277D, 1585-1588 | |
| Cech F (1979) Rostite, a new name for orthorhombic Al(SO4)(OH)·5H2O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 193-196 | |
| Fleischer M, Burns R G, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Hogarth D D, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 1329-1334 [view file] | |
| Žáček V, Povondra P (1988) New mineralogical data for rostite from Lisbušín, Central Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 10, 476-480 | |
| Cesbron F, Bayliss P (1988) Mineralogical notes: mineral nomenclature: khademite, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 133-134 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951 [view file] | |
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