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Name: Veatchite RRUFF ID: R060348 Ideal Chemistry: Sr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O Locality: 1360' level, 2S Drift, Billie mine, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S100082 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent white fibrous and platy mass Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Veatchite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060348.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 20.76(2)Å b: 11.713(8)Å c: 6.630(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.94(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1611(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Veatchite | |
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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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Switzer G (1938) Veatchite, a new calcium borate from Lang, California, American Mineralogist, 23, 409-411 [view file] |
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Switzer G, Brannock W W (1950) Composition of veatchite, American Mineralogist, 35, 90-92 [view file] |
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Kramer H, Allen R D (1956) A restudy of bakerite, priceite, and veatchite, American Mineralogist, 41, 689-700 [view file] |
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Rumanova I M, Gandymov O (1971) The crystal structure of the natural strontium borate, p-veatchite, Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2·B(OH)3·H2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 75-81 [view file] |
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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] |
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Grice J D, Pring A (2012) Veatchite: structural relationships of the three polytypes, American Mineralogist, 97, 489-495 [view file] |
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