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Name: Whelanite RRUFF ID: R050323 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2 Locality: Christmas mine, Christmas, Gila County, Arizona, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Light-blue thin, flat bladed fibers associated with colorless hydroxyapophyllite, blue kinoite, and light yellow andradite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R050323.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 5.65(3)Å b: 3.67(2)Å c: 27.2(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 563(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Whelanite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Kampf A R, Mills S J, Merlino S, Pasero M, McDonald A M, Wray W B, Hindman J R (2012) Whelanite, Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2, an (old) new mineral from the Bawana mine, Milford, Utah, American Mineralogist, 97, 2007-2015 [view file] |
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