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Name: Sassolite RRUFF ID: R060496 Ideal Chemistry: B(OH)3 Locality: Upper Biddy mine, near Ryan, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S100059 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless thin pseudohexagonal single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Sassolite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060496.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.011(7)Å b: 7.024(6)Å c: 6.564(9)Å alpha: 92.57(4)° beta: 101.08(3)° gamma: 119.87(3)° Volume: 271.3(9)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sassolite | |
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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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Karsten D L G (1800) Anmerkungen, in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 75-75 [view file] |
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Zachariasen W H (1934) The crystal lattice of boric acid, BO3H3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 150-161 [view file] |
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Zachariasen W H (1954) The precise structure of orthoboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 7, 305-310 |
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Gajhede M, Larsen S, Rettrup S (1986) Electron density of orthoboric acid determined by X-ray diffraction at 105 K and ab initio calculations, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 545-552 |
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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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Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397 |
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