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Name: Trona RRUFF ID: R050499 Ideal Chemistry: Na3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O Locality: Searles Lake, Trona, San Bernardino County, California, USA Source: California Institute of Technology W-20820 Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray columnar massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Quick search: [ All Trona samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050499.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 20.4190(6)Å b: 3.4927(1)Å c: 10.3314(8)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 106.424(5)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 706.75(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Trona | |
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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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Bagge C (1773) Om trona, eller ett slags natron, som finnes i Konungariket Tripoli i Barbariet, Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar, 34, 140-143 [view file] |
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Murdoch J (1951) Notes on California minerals nuevite = samarskite; trona and hanksite; gaylussite, American Mineralogist, 36, 358-362 [view file] |
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Choi C S, Mighell A D (1982) Neutron diffraction study of sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 2874-2876 |
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O'Bannon E, Beavers C M, Williams Q (2014) Trona at extreme conditions: a pollutant-sequestering material at high pressures and low temperatures, American Mineralogist, 99, 1973-1984 |
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