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Name: Nobleite RRUFF ID: R060847 Ideal Chemistry: CaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O Locality: Hard Scramble claim, Death Valley USA Source: Michael Scott S100900 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060847.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.523(2)Å b: 7.994(2)Å c: 9.822(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 111.79(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1058.8(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nobleite | |
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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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Erd R C, McAllister J F, Vlisidis A C (1961) Nobleite, another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California, American Mineralogist, 46, 560-571 [view file] |
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Erd R C, Morgan V, Clark J R (1961) Tunellite, a new hydrous strontium borate from the Kramer Borate District, California, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 424-C, 294-297 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 805-812 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Hydrogen bonding in tunellite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 895-902 [view file] |
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Karanović L, Rosić A, Poleti D (2004) Crystal structure of nobleite, Ca[B6O9(OH)2]·3H2O, from Jarandol (Serbia), European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 825-833 |
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Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 768-773 [view file] |
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