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Name: Ulexite RRUFF ID: R050491 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O Locality: Open Pit mine, Boron, Kern County, California, USA Source: California Institute of Technology W-20891 Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Quick search: [ All Ulexite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050491.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.8058(6)Å b: 12.8555(9)Å c: 6.6648(7)Å alpha: 90.295(5)° beta: 109.077(7)° gamma: 105.035(7)° Volume: 685.29(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ulexite | |
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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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Dana J D (1850) Ulexite, in A System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 695-695 [view file] |
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Clark J R, Christ C L (1959) Studies of borate minerals (V): Reinvestigation of the x-ray crystallography of ulexite and probertite, American Mineralogist, 44, 712-719 [view file] |
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Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376 [view file] |
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Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1976) Howlite and ulexite from carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland addendum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 393-393 [view file] |
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Ghose S, Wan C, Clark J R (1978) Ulexite, NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O: structure refinement, polyanion configuration, hydrogen bonding, and fiber optics, American Mineralogist, 63, 160-171 [view file] |
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Li J, Xia S, Gao S (1995) FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic study of hydrated borates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 51, 519-532 |
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