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|   |   | Name: Tamarugite RRUFF ID: R061060 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O Locality: El Desierto mine fumaroles, PotosÃ, Bolivia Source: Michael Scott S100782 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless thin tabular crystals associated with yellow sulfur and colorless potassium alum Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Tamarugite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R061060.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.370(1)Å    b: 25.210(6)Å    c: 6.098(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.823(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1129.1(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Tamarugite | |
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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] | |
| Schulze H (1889) Mineralogisches aus Tarapacá, Verhandlungen des Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Vereines zu Santiago, 2, 49-60 [view file] | |
| Robinson P D, Fang J H, Bloss F D (1966) Cell dimensions and space group of tamarugite, American Mineralogist, 51, 1805-1807 [view file] | |
| Robinson P D, Fang J H (1969) Crystal structures and mineral chemistry of double-salt hydrates: I. Direct determination of the crystal structure of tamarugite, American Mineralogist, 54, 19-30 [view file] | |
| Bariand P, Cesbron F, Berthelon J-P (1977) Les sulfates de fer de Saghand près de Yazd (Iran), Mémoire Hors-Série de la Société Géologique de France, 8, 77-85 [view file] | |
| Lombardi G, Sposato A (1981) Tamarugite from Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 403-407 [view file] | |
| Mereiter K (2013) Redetermination of tamarugite, NaAl(SO4)2·6H2O, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i63-i64 [view file] | |
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