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Name: Rapidcreekite RRUFF ID: R070287 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O Locality: Locality 1 (Crosscut Creek), Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Mark Mauthner 3357 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating aggregate of thin bladed to acicular colorless to white crystals on iron oxide stained quartz crystals. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R070287.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 15.526(3)Å b: 19.198(4)Å c: 6.173(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1839.85(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Rapidcreekite | |
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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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Roberts A C, Ansell H G, Jonasson I R, Grice J D, Ramik R A (1986) Rapidcreekite, a new hydrated calcium sulfate-carbonate from the Rapid Creek area, Yukon Territory, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 51-54 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Langley R H, Puciewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 222-230 [view file] |
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Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of rapidcreekite, Ca2(SO4)(CO3)(H2O)4, and its relation to the structure of gypsum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 99-106 [view file] |
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Onac B P, Effenberger H S, Wynn J G, Povară I (2013) Rapidcreekite in the sulfuric acid weathering environment of Diana Cave, Romania, American Mineralogist, 98, 1302-1309 |
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