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Name: Nahcolite RRUFF ID: R070237 Ideal Chemistry: NaH(CO3) Locality: Bureau of Mines Oil Shale Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA Source: Michael Scott S105046 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clear, colorless to brownish, massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R070237.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 3.4798(2)Å b: 9.6817(3)Å c: 8.0537(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.144(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 251.32(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nahcolite | |
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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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Matteucci R V (1897) Sul bicarbonato sodico prodottosi sulle lave dell'eruzione vesuviana principiata il 3 luglio 1895, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 3, 223-232 [view file] |
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Bannister F A (1929) The so-called thermokalite and the existence of sodium bicarbonate as a mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 53-64 [view file] |
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Schairer J F (1929) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 14, 387-388 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1940) Sodium bicarbonate (nahcolite) from Searles Lake, California, American Mineralogist, 25, 769-778 [view file] |
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Sass R L, Scheuerman R F (1962) The crystal structure of sodium bicarbonate, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 77-81 |
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Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397 |
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