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Name: Sinhalite RRUFF ID: R100132 Ideal Chemistry: MgAl(BO4) Locality: Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored water-worn single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Sinhalite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R100132.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.3300(6)Å b: 9.877(1)Å c: 5.6803(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 242.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Sinhalite | |
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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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Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Mineralogical society (London): sinhalite (MgAlBO4), a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 37, 700-700 [view file] |
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Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Sinhalite (MgAlBO4), a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 841-850 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 1070-1073 [view file] |
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Fang J H, Newnham R E (1965) The crystal structure of sinhalite, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 196-199 [view file] |
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Hayward C L, Angel R J, Ross N L (1994) The structural redetermination and crystal chemistry of sinhalite, MgAlBO4, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 313-321 |
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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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Weber, S U, Grodzicki M, Lottermoser W, Redhammer G J, Topa D, Tippelt G, Amthauer G (2009) Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray single-crystal diffractometry, and electronic structure calculations on natural sinhalites, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36, 259-269 [view file] |
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