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Name: Kolbeckite RRUFF ID: R061040 Ideal Chemistry: Sc(PO4)·2H2O Locality: Christy Pit, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA Source: Mark Mauthner [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green platy crystal, severely twinned, associated with quartz. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Phosphosiderite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Kolbeckite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R061040.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.38(2)Å b: 10.16(3)Å c: 8.88(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.5(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 485(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kolbeckite | |
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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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Edelmann F (1926) Kolbeckit, ein neues sächsisches Mineral, Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Sachsen, 100, 73-74 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 592-593 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 35-36 [view file] |
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Larsen E S, Montgomery A (1940) Sterrettite, a new mineral from Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 25, 513-518 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 252-258 [view file] |
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Hey M H, Milton C, Dwornik E J (1982) Eggonite (kolbeckite, sterrettite), ScPO4·2H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 493-497 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file] |
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Bull I, Young V, Teat S J, Peng L, Grey C P, Parise J B (2003) Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of four scandium phosphate frameworks, Chemistry of Materials, 15, 3818-3825 |
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Yang H, Li C, Jenkins R A, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Kolbeckite, ScPO4·2H2O, isomorphous with metavariscite., Acta Crystallographica, C63, i91-i92 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691 [view file] |
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