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Name: Kettnerite RRUFF ID: R130113 Ideal Chemistry: CaBiO(CO3)F Locality: Flying Saucer Group, Maricopa County, Arizona Source: Mark Ascher Owner: RRUFF Description: Both colorless and lemon-yellow small platy crystals, associated with R130114 eulytine, and yellow-green mottramite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Bismutite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130113.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.389(1)Å b: 5.3870(8)Å c: 13.622(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 395.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Kettnerite | |
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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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Zak L, Synecek V (1956) Kettnerite, (CaF)(BiO)CO3, a new mineral of the phosgenite-bismutite group: preliminary note, Casopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii, 1, 195-197 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 117-124 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 378-387 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 233-238 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1999) Crystal-structure determination of twinned kettnerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 923-927 [view file] |
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Hybler J, Duek M (2007) Revision of the crystal structure of kettnerite CaBi[OFCO3], European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 411-418 |
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