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Name: Tincalconite RRUFF ID: R050660 Ideal Chemistry: Na2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O Locality: Boron, Kern County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless pseudo-octahedral crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R050660.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 11.1382(8)Å b: 11.1382(8)Å c: 21.1913(9)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 2276.7(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Tincalconite | |
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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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Shepard C U (1878) Extraits de diverses publications. Tincalconite, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 1, 144-144 [view file] |
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Powell D R, Gaines D F, Zerella P J, Smith R A (1991) Refinement of the structure of tincalconite, Acta Crystallographica, C47, 2279-2282 |
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Luck R L, Wang G (2002) On the nature of tincalconite, American Mineralogist, 87, 350-354 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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