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Name: Sylvite RRUFF ID: R050166 Ideal Chemistry: KCl Locality: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue octahedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Rocksalt (18) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050166.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.29218(6)Å b: 6.29218(6)Å c: 6.29218(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 249.117(7)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Sylvite | |
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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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Smithson J (1823) A discovery of chloride of potassium in the Earth, The Annals of Philosophy, 6, 258-259 [view file] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Sylvine, muriate de potasse, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 511-511 [view file] |
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Cooper M J, Rouse K D (1973) A neutron diffraction study of KCl, Acta Crystallographica, A29, 514-520 |
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Pertlik F (1984) Kristallchemie natürlicher Telluride I: Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur des Sylvanits, AuAgTe4, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 33, 203-212 |
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