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Ruitenbergite R110152

Name: Ruitenbergite
RRUFF ID: R110152
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O
Locality: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Donald M Doell and Brian Roulston [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow granular, extracted by dissolving the matrix of sylvite/halite, associated with strontioginorite R110149, howlite R110150, volkovskite R110151, congolite R110153, and hilgardite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110152

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110152.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 19.927(3)Å b: 9.7129(8)Å c: 17.559(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 114.728(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3087(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Ruitenbergite
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]
Roberts A C, Stirling J A R, Grice J D, Burns P C, Roulston B V, Curtis J D, Jambor J L (1993) Pringleite and ruitenbergite, polymorphs of Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O, two new mineral species from Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 795-800 [view file]
Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Determination of the megastructures of the borate polymorphs pringleite and ruitenbergite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 1-14 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file]
Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ruitenbergite

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]

Roberts A C, Stirling J A R, Grice J D, Burns P C, Roulston B V, Curtis J D, Jambor J L (1993) Pringleite and ruitenbergite, polymorphs of Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O, two new mineral species from Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 795-800 [view file]

Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Determination of the megastructures of the borate polymorphs pringleite and ruitenbergite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 1-14 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file]

Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]