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Name: Tschernichite RRUFF ID: R060482 Ideal Chemistry: CaAl2Si6O16·8H2O Locality: Neer Road Pit, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA Source: Michael Scott S100030 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless steep dipyramidal tetragonal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060482.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.65(3)Å b: 12.65(3)Å c: 26.56(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 4252(10)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Tschernichite | |
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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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Smith J V, Pluth J J, Boggs R C, Howard D G (1991) Tschernichite, the mineral analogue of zeolite beta, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1991, 363-364 |
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Boggs R C, Howard D G, Smith J V, Klein G L (1993) Tschernichite, a new zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, American Mineralogist, 78, 822-826 [view file] |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Alberti A, Cruciani G, Galli E, Merlino S, Millini R, Quartieri S, Vezzalini G, Zanardi S (2002) Crystal structure of tetragonal and monoclinic polytypes of tschernichite, the natural counterpart of synthetic zeolite beta, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 10277-10284 |
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