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Name: Chalconatronite RRUFF ID: R160004 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O Locality: Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Danielle Sotomayor and Keith Wentz Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of blue crystals. The mineral was found on a metallic mining artifact of copper composition Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R160004.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.7052(21)Å b: 6.0943(8)Å c: 13.8045(21)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.796(12)° gamma: 90° Volume: 816.08(22)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Chalconatronite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 941-944 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Gettens R J (1955) Chalconatronite, a new mineral from Egypt, Science, 122, 75-76 |
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Mosset A, Bonnet J J, Galy J (1978) Structure cristalline de la chalconatronite synthétique: Na2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 148, 165-177 [view file] |
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