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Name: Pirssonite RRUFF ID: R070192 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O Locality: Natrum, Sahara, Egypt Source: Renato and Adriana Pagano [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless transparent hemimorphic tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070192.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 11.337(1)Å b: 20.068(2)Å c: 6.032(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1372.5(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Pirssonite | |
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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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Pratt J H (1896) On northupite; pirssonite, a new mineral; gaylussite and hanksite from Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California, American Journal of Science, 152, 123-135 [view file] |
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Corazza E, Sabelli C (1967) The crystal structure of pirssonite, CaNa2(CO3)2·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 763-766 |
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Callegari A M, Boiocchi M (2013) High resolution X-ray diffraction data of pirssonite from Searles Lakes, San Bernardino County, California, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 190, 221-227 |
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