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Name: Brenkite RRUFF ID: R060247 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2(CO3)F2 Locality: Schellkopf, Brenk, Eifel, Germany Source: Michael Scott S100302 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic crystals in radial aggregates Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060247.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.638(7)Å b: 7.541(8)Å c: 6.550(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 377.3(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Brenkite | |
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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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Hentschel G, Leufer U, Tillmans E (1978) Brenkite, a new calcium fluor carbonate from Schellkopf, Eifel, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 325-329 |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 241-245 [view file] |
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Leufer U, Tillmanns E (1980) Die kristallstruktur von brenkit Ca2F2CO3, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 27, 261-266 |
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