Refikite R180004
Name: Refikite
RRUFF ID: R180004
Ideal Chemistry: C20H34O2
Locality: Moors in Bad Feilnbach, Bavaria, Germany
Source: Stefan Schorn
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless single crystals and radial groups on wood
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R180004
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R180004.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.4422(28)Å    b: 22.5213(94)Å    c: 7.8748(33)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1851.91(89)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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REFERENCES for Refikite

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]

La Cava D (1853) Sur une nouvelle espéce de résine fossile, Journal des Connaissances Médicales Practiques, 6, 561-563   [view file]

Leymerie A (1857) Refikite, in Cours de Minéralogie, Premièr Partie Victor Masson Paris 400-400   [view file]

Leymerie A (1859) Réfikite (du nom de Refik-Bey), in Cours de Minéralogie, Deuxième Partie Victor Mason Paris 400-400   [view file]

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111   [view file]

Strunz H, Contag B (1965) Evenkit, flagstaffit, idrialin und reficit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1965, 19-25

Pažout R, Sejkora J, Maixner J, Dušek M, Tvrdý (2015) Refikite from Krásno, Czech Republic: a crystal- and molecular-study, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 59-70