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Name: Chambersite RRUFF ID: R060425 Ideal Chemistry: Mn3B7O13Cl Locality: Venice Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA Source: Michael Scott S100076 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown pseudotetrahedra Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Group: [ Boracite (9) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chambersite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060425.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.6815(1)Å b: 8.6853(4)Å c: 12.2792(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 925.87(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Chambersite | |
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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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Honea R M, Beck F R (1962) Chambersite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 47, 665-671 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 433-437 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Nelmes R J (1974) Structural studies of boracites. A review of the properties of boracites, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 3841-3855 |
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Kubel F, Crottaz O (1996) Crystal structure of manganese chlorine boracite, Mn3B7O13Cl, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 211, 924-924 |
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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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Wang P, Sun J, Tang Q, Yang S, Xu Z, Mu X (2018) Effect of heat treatment on chambersite crystal structure and morphology, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 223-233 |
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