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Name: Spherocobaltite RRUFF ID: R060497 Ideal Chemistry: Co(CO3) Locality: Bou Azzer, Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco Source: Michael Scott S100046 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of red rhombohedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060497.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.656(2)Å b: 4.656(2)Å c: 15.024(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 282.04(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Spherocobaltite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Weisbach A (1877) Mineralogische Mittheilungen, Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, 1877, 42-53 [view file] |
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Palache C, Berman H, Frondel C (1951) 14.1.1.5 Cobaltocalcite [CoCO3], in The System of Mineralogy, Volume II, Seventh Edition John Wiley and Sons, Inc New York 175-176 [view file] |
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Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Pertlik F (1986) Structures of hydrothermally synthesized cobalt(II) carbonate and nickel(II) carbonate, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 4-5 |
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Tareen J A K, Fazeli A R, Basavalingu, Bhandage G T (1991) Hydrothermal decomposition curves and thermodynamic data for spherocobaltite (CoCO3) and gaspeite (NiCO3), European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 501-505 |
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Barton I F, Yang H, Barton M D (2014) The mineralogy, geochemistry, and metallurgy of cobalt in the rhombohedral carbonates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 653-669 |
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Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file] |
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