Name: Sulfoborite RRUFF ID: R140689 Ideal Chemistry: Mg3[B(OH)4]2(SO4)(OH,F)2 Locality: Gröna mine, Bernburg, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic orthorhombic crystals. Locality is listed as 'Bernburg-Gröna, Bezirk Halle', 'Gröna Mine, Bernburg' is a guess. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140689.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
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a: 10.1876(18)Å b: 12.5781(16)Å c: 7.8107(13)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1000.88(13)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Sulfoborite | |
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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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Bücking H (1893) Sulfoborit, ein neues krystallisirtes Borat von Westeregeln, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1893, 967-972 [view file] |
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Iorysh Z I, Rumanova I M, Belov N V (1976) Crystal structure of Mg3(OH)2[SO4][B(OH)4]2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 21, 296-298 |
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Giese R F, Penna G (1983) The crystal structure of sulfoborite, Mg3SO4(B(OH)4)2(OH)F, American Mineralogist, 68, 255-261 [view file] |
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