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|   |   | Name: Artinite RRUFF ID: R060166 Ideal Chemistry: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O Locality: San Benito County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregates of divergent colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Artinite (3) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Artinite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060166.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 16.556(1)Å    b: 3.1535(3)Å    c: 6.2314(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.069(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 321.28(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Artinite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Brugnatelli S C L (1902) Sopra un nuovo minerale delle cave d´Amianto della Valle Lanterna, Rendiconti Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere (Milano), 35, 869-874 [view file] | |
| Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file] | |
| Akao M, Iwai S (1977) The hydrogen bonding of artinite, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 3951-3953 [link] | |
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