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Name: Szaibélyite RRUFF ID: R070498 Ideal Chemistry: MgBO2(OH) Locality: Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Matted aggregates of white fibrous crystals, associated with magnetite and chromite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Szaibélyite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070498.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.5828(6)Å b: 10.4107(2)Å c: 3.1367(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.845(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 408.76(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Szaibélyite | |
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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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Peters K F (1862) Szajbélyit, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 44, 143-148 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1942) The identity of ascharite, camsellite, and β-ascharite with szaibelyite; and some relations of the magnesium borate minerals, American Mineralogist, 27, 467-486 |
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Takéuchi Y, Kudoh Y (1975) Szaibelyite, Mg2(OH)[B2O4(OH)]: crystal structure, pseudosymmetry, and polymorphism, American Mineralogist, 60, 273-279 [view file] |
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Marincea S (2001) New data on szaibelyite from the type locality, Băiţa Bihor, Romania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 111-127 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file] |
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Grice J D (2008) Szaibélyite: Crystal structure analysis and hydrogen bonding, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 671-677 [view file] |
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Bilohučin V, Uher P, Koděra P, Milovská S, Miku T, Bačík P (2017) Evolution of borate minerals from contact metamorphic to hydrothermal stages: Ludwigite-group minerals and szaibélyite from the Vysoká - Zlatno skarn, Slovakia, Mineralogy and Petrology, 111, 643-658 |
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