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Name: Nifontovite RRUFF ID: R080138 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3[BO(OH)2]6·2H2O Locality: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080138.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.096(3)Å b: 13.423(3)Å c: 9.526(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 118.37(1)° Volume: 1473.4(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nifontovite | |
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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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Malinko S V, Lisitsyn A E (1961) A new boron mineral nifontovite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 139, 188-190 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 172-174 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Kazanskaya E V, Belokoneva E L, Belov N V (1978) Hydrogen bonds in the crystal structure of nifontovite Ca2/B5O3(OH)6/2·2H2O, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 23, 159-161 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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