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Name: Changoite RRUFF ID: R110213 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O Locality: La Compania mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, II Region, Atacama Desert, Chile Source: Gunnar Farber [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow transparent anhedral crystals associated with krohnkite and caracolite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Blodite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110213.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.945(3)Å b: 8.195(4)Å c: 5.500(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.85(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 486.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Changoite | |
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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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Giglio M (1958) Die Kristallstruktur von Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O(Zn-blödit), Acta Crystallographica, 11, 789-794 |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1685-1688 [view file] |
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Schlüter J, Klaska K-H, Gebhard G (1999) Changoite, Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O, the zinc analogue of blödite, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1999, 97-103 |
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