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Name: Botryogen RRUFF ID: R070581 Ideal Chemistry: MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O Locality: Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red-orange aggregate of pseudo-rhombohedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Botryogen (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Botryogen samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070581.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.5090(7)Å b: 17.886(2)Å c: 7.1269(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.22(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1318.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Botryogen | |
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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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Gahn J G, Berzelius J (1815) Analys af ett fossilt salt, från Fahlu grufva, och Insjö fänkning, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 307-317 [view file] |
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Haidinger W (1828) Ueber den Botryogen, oder den rothen Eisenvitriol von Fahlun, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 12, 491-494 [view file] |
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Blaas J (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntniss natürlicher wasserhaltiger Doppelsulfate, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 87, 141-163 [view file] |
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Blaas J (1883) Über Roemerit, Botryogen und natürlichen Magnesia-Eisenvitriol, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 88, 1121-1137 [view file] |
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Cesbron F (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des sulphates de fer hydratés, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 125-143 [view file] |
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Süsse P (1967) Die kristallstruktur des botryogens, Naturwissenschaften, 54, 139-139 |
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Süsse P (1968) Die kristallstruktur des botryogens, Acta Crystallographica, B24, 760-767 |
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Majzlan J, Pláil J, Dachs E, Benisek A, Koch C B (2016) Crystal chemistry, Mössbauer spectroscopy. and thermodynamic properties of botryogen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 193, 147-159 |
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