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Whewellite R050526

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Name: Whewellite
RRUFF ID: R050526
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(C2O4)·H2O
Locality: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3081 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Coating of colorless fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Oxalate (13) ]
Quick search: [ All Whewellite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050526.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00C2.00O4·H2O ; C not measured but estimated by difference.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050526
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050526.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050526.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.2908(2)Å    b: 14.5881(7)Å    c: 10.1189(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 109.457(3)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 875.59(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Whewellite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Phillips W, Brooke H J, Miller W H (1852) Whewellite, in An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans London 523-524   [view file]

Frondel C, Prien E L (1942) Carbonate-apatite and hydroxyl-apatite in urinary calculi, Science, 95, 431-431

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Shippey T A (1980) Vibrational studies of calcium oxalate monohydrate (whewellite) and an anhydrous phase of calcium oxalate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 63, 157-166

Tazzoli V, Domeneghetti C (1980) The crystal structures of whewellite and weddellite: re-examination and comparison, American Mineralogist, 65, 327-334   [view file]

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]

Echigo T, Kimata M, Kyono A, Shimizu M, Hatta T (2005) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of whewellite [Ca(C2O4)·H2O] and the dehydration mechanism of caoxite [Ca(C2O4)·3H2O], Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 77-88   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Ercit T S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1466-1469   [view file]

Hernanz A, Gavira-Vallejo J M, Ruiz-Lopez J F (2007) Calcium oxalates and prehistoric paintings. The usefulness of these biominerals, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 9, 512-521

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]

Sturm E V, Frank-Kamenetskaya O, Vlasov D, Zelenskaya M, Sazanova K, Rusakov A, Kniep R (2015) Crystallization of calcium oxalate hydrates by interaction of calcite marble with fungus aspergillus niger, American Mineralogist, 100, 2559-2565

Piro O E, Baran E J (2018) Crystal chemistry of organic minerals-salts of organic acids: the synthetic approach, Crystallography Reviews, 24, 149-175