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Name: Refikite RRUFF ID: R180004 Ideal Chemistry: C20H34O2 Locality: Moors in Bad Feilnbach, Bavaria, Germany Source: Stefan Schorn Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless single crystals and radial groups on wood Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||
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RRUFF ID: | R180004.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.4422(28)Å b: 22.5213(94)Å c: 7.8748(33)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1851.91(89)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Refikite | |
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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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La Cava D (1853) Sur une nouvelle espéce de résine fossile, Journal des Connaissances Médicales Practiques, 6, 561-563 [view file] |
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Leymerie A (1857) Refikite, in Cours de Minéralogie, Premièr Partie Victor Masson Paris 400-400 [view file] |
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Leymerie A (1859) Réfikite (du nom de Refik-Bey), in Cours de Minéralogie, Deuxième Partie Victor Mason Paris 400-400 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file] |
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Strunz H, Contag B (1965) Evenkit, flagstaffit, idrialin und reficit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1965, 19-25 |
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Pažout R, Sejkora J, Maixner J, Dušek M, Tvrdý (2015) Refikite from Krásno, Czech Republic: a crystal- and molecular-study, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 59-70 |
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