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Name: Humboldtine RRUFF ID: R170002 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+(C2O4)·2H2O Locality: Zomba, Malawi Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Small yellow granular to short prismatic crystals with good cleavage on aegirine, associated with albite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Groups: [ Humboldtine (3) ] [ Oxalate (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Humboldtine samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||
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RRUFF ID: | R170002.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.1245(61)Å b: 5.5160(24)Å c: 9.8582(40)Å alpha: 90° beta: 128.240(16)° gamma: 90° Volume: 517.84(63)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Humboldtine | |
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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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de Rivero M (1821) Note sur une combinaison de l'acide oxalique avec le fer trouvé à Kolowserux, près Belin en Bohéme, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 18, 207-210 [view file] |
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Mazzi F, Garavelli C (1957) La struttura della oxalite, FeC2O4·2H2O, Periodico di Mineralogia, 26, 269-303 |
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Frost R L, Weier M L (2003) Raman spectroscopy of natural oxalates at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 776-785 [link] |
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Echigo T, Kimata M (2008) Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic studies on humboldtine and lindbergite: weak Jahn-Teller effect of Fe2+ ion, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 35, 467-475 |
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Echigo T, Kimata M (2010) Crystal chemistry and genesis of organic minerals: A review of oxalate and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1329-1358 [view file] |
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Piro O E, Baran E J (2018) Crystal chemistry of organic minerals-salts of organic acids: the synthetic approach, Crystallography Reviews, 24, 149-175 |
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