Probertite R050284
Name: Probertite
RRUFF ID: R050284
Ideal Chemistry: NaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O
Locality: Borax Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spray of colorless acicular single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050284.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00Ca1.00B5.00O7(OH)4·3H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050284
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050284.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050284.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.5816(7)Å    b: 12.5516(6)Å    c: 13.4183(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 100.021(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1091.6(0)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Probertite

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]

Eakle A S (1929) Probertite, a new borate, American Mineralogist, 14, 427-430   [view file]

Rumanova I M, Kurbanov K M, Belov N V (1966) Determination of the crystal structure of probertite CaNa[B5O7(OH)4J·3H2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 10, 513-522   [view file]

Menchetti S, Sabelli C, Trosti-Ferroni R (1982) Probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4].3H2O: a refinement, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 3072-3075

Gatta G D, Cannaò E, Gagliardi V, Fabelo O (2022) Crystal-chemical reinvestigation of probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]·3H2O, a mineral commodity of boron, American Mineralogist, 107, 1378-1384