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Name: Branchite RRUFF ID: R180006 Ideal Chemistry: C20H34 Locality: Santa Barbara mine, San Giovanni, Valdarno, Italy Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White crystals on wood. Crystals are soluble in acetone Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R180006.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.3800(45)Å b: 20.8957(85)Å c: 7.4032(23)Å alpha: 94.029(12)° beta: 100.632(12)° gamma: 80.505(13)° Volume: 1705.1(13)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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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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Savi P (1839) Sopra la branchite, nuova specie di combustibile fossile trovato in Toscana, Nuovo Giornale de’ Letterati, 108, 1-8 [view file] |
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Haidinger W (1841) Ueber den Hartit, eine neue Species aus der Ordnung der Erdharze, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 54, 261-265 [view file] |
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Bouška V, Císařová I, Skála R, Dvořák Z, Zelinka J, Zák K (1998) Hartite from Bílina, American Mineralogist, 83, 1340-1346 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 61, European Journal of Mineralogy, 33, 299-304 [view file] |
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Bonaccorsi E, Farina S, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2022) ‘Hartite’ renamed branchite, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 405-411 |
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