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Name: Hulsite RRUFF ID: R130016 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3) Locality: Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough, Alaska, USA Source: Robert Lavinsky [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blocky black crystals, associated with diopside, dolomite, pale yellow vesuvianite, and nordenskiƶldine, R130017 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Hulsite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Hulsite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130016.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.6866(7)Å b: 3.0951(2)Å c: 5.4323(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.146(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 179.21(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hulsite | |
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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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Knopf A, Schaller W T (1908) Two new boron minerals of contact-metamorphic origin, American Journal of Science, 175, 323-331 [view file] |
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Konnert J A, Appleman D E, Clark J R, Finger L W, Kato T, Miúra (1976) Crystal structure and cation distribution of hulsite. a tin-iron borate, American Mineralogist, 61, 116-122 [view file] |
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Rudnev V V (1996) Monoclinic ferromagnesian oxiborates of hulsite isomorphic series, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 125, issue 1 89-109 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1574-1578 [view file] |
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