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Name: Brucite RRUFF ID: R040077 Ideal Chemistry: Mg(OH)2 Locality: Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7404 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White fine-grained massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Brucite (5) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Brucite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040077.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.1467(1)Å b: 3.1467(1)Å c: 4.7679(4)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 40.887(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Brucite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Schmalz R F (1965) Brucite in carbonate secreted by the red alga goniolithon sp., Science, 149, 993-996 |
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Peterson R C, Hill R J, Gibbs G V (1979) A molecular orbital study of distortions in the layer structures brucite, gibbsite, and serpentine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 703-711 [view file] |
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Whittaker E J W, Middleton A P (1979) The intergrowth of fibrous brucite and fibrous magnesite with chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 699-702 [view file] |
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Parise J B, Leinenweber K, Weidner D J, Tan K, Von Dreele R B (1994) Pressure-induced H bonding: Neutron diffraction study of brucite, Mg(OD)2, to 9.3 GPa, American Mineralogist, 79, 193-196 [view file] |
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Shinoda K, Yamakata M, Nanba T, Kimura H, Moriwaki T, Kondo Y, Kawamoto T, Niimi N, Miyoshi N, Aikawa N (2002) High-pressure phase transition and behavior of protons in brucite Mg(OH)2: a high-pressure-temperature study using IR synchrotron radiation, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 396-402 |
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Frost R L, Weier M L, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopy of some natural hydrotalcites with sulphate and carbonate in the interlayer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 760-768 |
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Braterman P S, Cygan R T (2006) Vibrational spectroscopy of brucite: A molecular simulation investigation, American Mineralogist, 91, 1188-1196 [view file] |
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Jiang F, Speziale S, Duffy T S (2006) Single-crystal elasticity of brucite, Mg(OH)2, to 15 GPa by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 91, 1893-1900 [view file] |
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Ma M, Liu W, Chen Z, Liu Z, Li B (2013) Compression and structure of brucite to 31 GPa from synchrotron X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies, American Mineralogist, 98, 33-40 |
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Liu C, Zhang R, Shen K, Liu T, Wen W, Wang D (2018) An in situ kinetic study of the dehydration of brucite using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 101-108 |
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Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1701-1731 |
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Chien Y H, Wei K C, Hsieh W P (2022) Thermal conductivity of single-crystal brucite at high pressures: Implications for thermal anomaly in the shallow lower mantle, American Mineralogist, 107, 790-796 |
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Miao Y, Zhu X, Ye Y, Smyth J R, Liu D, Hu Y, Chen G (2022) Crystal structures and high-temperature and high-pressure vibrational spectra of synthetic fluorine-bearing brucites, American Mineralogist, 107, 2065-2074 |
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