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Name: Chambersite RRUFF ID: R050337 Ideal Chemistry: Mn3B7O13Cl Locality: Barber's Hill salt dome, Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 11445 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Deep purple pseudotetrahedron Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Boracite (9) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chambersite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050337.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.671(2)Å b: 8.682(2)Å c: 12.282(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 924.6(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Chambersite | |
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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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Honea R M, Beck F R (1962) Chambersite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 47, 665-671 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 433-437 [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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Nelmes R J (1974) Structural studies of boracites. A review of the properties of boracites, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 3841-3855 |
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Kubel F, Crottaz O (1996) Crystal structure of manganese chlorine boracite, Mn3B7O13Cl, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 211, 924-924 |
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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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Wang P, Sun J, Tang Q, Yang S, Xu Z, Mu X (2018) Effect of heat treatment on chambersite crystal structure and morphology, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 223-233 |
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