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|   |   | Name: Mellite RRUFF ID: R070574 Ideal Chemistry: Al2C6(COO)6·16H2O Locality: Tuscany, Italy Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow prismatic crystal fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R070574.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 15.5495(2)Å    b: 15.5495(2)Å    c: 23.2011(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 5609.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Mellite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Werner A G, Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C.A.S. Hoffmann (as Honigstein)., 1, in Bergmännisches Journal 2 Berlage der Grazischen Buchhandlung Frenberg 369-390 [view file] | |
| Gmelin J F (1793) Mellites, in Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Volume 3 Georg Emanuel Beer 282-282 [view file] | |
| Robl C, Kuhs W F (1991) A neutron diffraction study on hydrogen bonding in the mineral mellite (Al2[C6(COO)6]·16H2O) at 15 K, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 92, 101-109 | |
| Echigo T, Kimata M (2010) Crystal chemistry and genesis of organic minerals: A review of oxalate and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1329-1358 [view file] | |
| Piro O E, Baran E J (2018) Crystal chemistry of organic minerals-salts of organic acids: the synthetic approach, Crystallography Reviews, 24, 149-175 | |
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