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Name: Celestine RRUFF ID: R050008 Ideal Chemistry: Sr(SO4) Locality: Scofield Quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan, USA Source: Eugene Schlepp Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Baryte (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Celestine samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050008.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.8667(7)Å b: 8.3613(7)Å c: 5.3497(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 307.15(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Celestine | |
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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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Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100 [view file] |
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Vauquelin L N (1792) Du sulfate de strontiane, Observations sur la Physique, sur lHistoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, 46, 150-152 [view file] |
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Karsten D L G (1800) Anmerkungen [as clestin], in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 75-75 [view file] |
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Garske D, Peacor D R (1965) Refinement of the structure of celestite SrSO4, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 121, 204-210 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Blount C (1974) Synthesis of barite, celestite, anglesite, witherite, and strontianite from aqueous solutions, American Mineralogist, 59, 1209-1219 [view file] |
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Louisnathan S J, Bloss F D, Korda E J (1978) Measurement of refractive indices and their dispersion, American Mineralogist, 63, 394-400 [view file] |
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Miyake M, Minato I, Morikawa H, Iwai S (1978) Crystal structures and sulphate force constants of barite, celestite, and anglesite, American Mineralogist, 63, 506-510 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Brigatti F, Galli E, Medici L (1997) Ba-rich celestine: new data and crystal structure refinement, Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 447-451 [view file] |
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Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Downs R T (1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1053-1060 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] |
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Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file] |
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Antao S M (2012) Structural trends for celestite (SrSO4), anglesite (PbSO4), and barite (BaSO4): confirmation of expected variations within SO4 groups, American Mineralogist, 97, 661-665 [view file] |
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Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233 |
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Garcia M O, Hellebrand E (2020) Celestine discovered in Hawaiian basalts, American Mineralogist, 105, 52-57 |
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