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Name: Huntite RRUFF ID: P000080 Ideal Chemistry: CaMg3(CO3)4 Locality: Virtual Source: ScottLab P000080 Owner: Mike Scott Description: PURPLE OpenSource 20190319 Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Huntite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Huntite | |
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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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Faust G T (1953) Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 38, 4-24 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] |
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Graf D L, Bradley W F (1962) The crystal structure of huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 238-242 |
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Dollase W A, Reeder R J, (1986) Crystal structure refinement of huntite, CaMg3(CO3)4, with X-ray powder data, American Mineralogist, 71, 163-166 [view file] |
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