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Name: Langbeinite RRUFF ID: R070285 Ideal Chemistry: K2Mg2(SO4)3 Locality: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA Source: Michael Scott S105519 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to gray granular massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Langbeinite (1) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070285.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.9209(1)Å b: 9.9209(1)Å c: 9.9209(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 976.45(4)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Langbeinite | |
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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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Zuckschwerdt S (1891) Langbeinit, ein neues Kaliummagnesiumsulfat, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie, 1891, 356-356 [view file] |
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Mereiter K (1979) Refinement of the crystal structure of langbeinite, K2Mg2(SO4)3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 182-188 |
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Battle P D, Cheetham A K, Harrison W T A, Long G J (1986) The crystal structure and magnetic properties of the synthetic langbeinite KBaFe2(PO4)3, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 16-25 |
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Battle P D, Gibb T C, Nixon S (1988) The magnetic properties of the synthetic langbeinite KBaCrs(PO4)3, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 75, 21-29 |
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Oelkrug H, Bruckel T, Hohlwein D, Hoser A, Prandl W (1988) The magnetic structure of the langbeinite K2Mn2(SO4)3, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 246-249 |
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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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Zatovsky I V, Yatskin M M, Baumer V N, Slobodyanik N S, Shishkin O V (2007) Langbeinite-related K2FeSn(PO4)3 from single-crystal data, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i199-i199 |
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Xu H, Guo X, Bai J (2017) Thermal behavior of polyhalite: a high-temperature synchrotron XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 44, 125-135 |
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Gajda R, Zhang D, Parafiniuk J, Dera P, Woźniak K (2022) Tracing electron density changes in langbeinite under pressure, IUCrJ, 9, 146-162 |
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