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Name: Ruitenbergite RRUFF ID: R110152 Ideal Chemistry: Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13H2O Locality: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Source: Donald M Doell and Brian Roulston [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow granular, extracted by dissolving the matrix of sylvite/halite, associated with strontioginorite R110149, howlite R110150, volkovskite R110151, congolite R110153, and hilgardite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110152.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 19.927(3)Å b: 9.7129(8)Å c: 17.559(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.728(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3087(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ruitenbergite | |
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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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Roberts A C, Stirling J A R, Grice J D, Burns P C, Roulston B V, Curtis J D, Jambor J L (1993) Pringleite and ruitenbergite, polymorphs of Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13H2O, two new mineral species from Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 795-800 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1994) Determination of the megastructures of the borate polymorphs pringleite and ruitenbergite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 1-14 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file] |
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