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|   |   | Name: Krausite RRUFF ID: R110211 Ideal Chemistry: KFe3+(SO4)2·H2O Locality: Mina Alcaparrosa, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Atacama, II Region, Chile Source: Gunnar Farber [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of colorless bladed crystals associated with pertlikite R110209 and coquimbite R110210 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R110211.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.890(6)Å    b: 5.129(4)Å    c: 8.986(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.85(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 354.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Krausite | |
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| 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] | |
| Foshag W F (1931) Krausite, a new sulfate from California, American Mineralogist, 16, 352-360 [view file] | |
| Graeber E J, Morosin B, Rosenzweig A (1965) The crystal structure of krausite, KFe(SO4)2·H2O, American Mineralogist, 50, 1929-1936 [view file] | |
| Effenberger H, Pertlik F, Zemann J (1986) Refinement of the crystal structure of krausite: a mineral with an interpolyhedral oxygen-oxygen contact shorter than the hydrogen bond, American Mineralogist, 71, 202-205 [view file] | |
| Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75 | |
| Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file] | |
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