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Name: Kernite RRUFF ID: R050661 Ideal Chemistry: Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O Locality: Boron, Kern County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless cleavage fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R050661.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.0165(6)Å b: 9.1556(7)Å c: 15.6778(10)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 108.863(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 953.06(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kernite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1927) Kernite, a new sodium borate, American Mineralogist, 12, 24-25 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1930) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 15, 274-276 [view file] |
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Giese R F (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The crystal structure of kernite Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 290-290 [view file] |
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Cooper W F, Larsen F K, Coppens P (1973) Electron population analysis of accurate diffraction data. V. Structure and one-center charge refinement of the light-atom mineral kernite, Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O, American Mineralogist, 58, 21-31 [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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Silva M, O'Bannon E F, Williams Q (2018) A vibrational spectroscopic study of kernite to 25 GPa: Implications for the high-pressure stability of borate polyhedra, American Mineralogist, 103, 1306–1318 |
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Gatta G D, Guastoni A, Lotti P, Guastella G, Fatelo O, Fernandez-Diaz, M T (2020) A multi-methodological study of kernite, a mineral commodity of boron, American Mineralogist, 105, 1424-1431 |
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