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Metaborite R130694

Name: Metaborite
RRUFF ID: R130694
Ideal Chemistry: HBO₂
Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe Province, Kazakhstan
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130694

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130694.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.8968(6)Å b: 8.8968(6)Å c: 8.8968(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 704.21(4)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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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REFERENCES for Metaborite
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]
Zachariasen W H (1963) The crystal structure of cubic metaboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 16, 380-384
Lobanova V V, Avrova N P (1964) The new mineral metaborite — natural metaboric acid, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 93, issue 3 329-334 [view file]
Peters C R, Milberg M E (1964) The refined structure of orthorhombic metaboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 229-234
Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Strunz H, Cech F (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 261-268 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Freyhardt C C, Wiebcke M, Felsche J (2000) The monoclinic and cubic phases of metaboric acid (precise redeterminations), Acta Crystallographica, C56, 276-278

REFERENCES for Metaborite

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]

Zachariasen W H (1963) The crystal structure of cubic metaboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 16, 380-384

Lobanova V V, Avrova N P (1964) The new mineral metaborite — natural metaboric acid, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 93, issue 3 329-334 [view file]

Peters C R, Milberg M E (1964) The refined structure of orthorhombic metaboric acid, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 229-234

Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Strunz H, Cech F (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 261-268 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Freyhardt C C, Wiebcke M, Felsche J (2000) The monoclinic and cubic phases of metaboric acid (precise redeterminations), Acta Crystallographica, C56, 276-278