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|   |   | Name: Apjohnite RRUFF ID: R060231 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O Locality: Val d'Adige, Bolzano, Italy Source: Michael Scott S100270 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Halotrichite (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060231.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.202(1)Å    b: 24.351(5)Å    c: 21.273(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.269(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3161(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Apjohnite | |
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| 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] | |
| Glocker E F (1847) Ordo XVIII. Hydrolyti. I. Hydrolyti ametalli. 24. Halotrichites. Appendix. Apjohnites, in Generum et Specierum Mineralium, Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis Apud Eduardum Anton 288-304 [view file] | |
| Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1976) The halotrichite group: the crystal structure of apjohnite, Mineralogical Magazine, 40, 599-608 [view file] | |
| Ballirano P (2006) Crystal chemistry of the halotrichite group XAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O: the X = Fe- Mg-Mn-Zn compositional tetrahedron, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 463-469 [view file] | |
| Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] | |
| Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326 | |
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