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Name: Mooreite RRUFF ID: R060089 Ideal Chemistry: Mg15(SO4)2(OH)26·8H2O Locality: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9916 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan fragment showing well-developed cleavage Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060089.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.1727(9)Å b: 20.371(1)Å c: 8.2329(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 92.810(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1871.6(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Mooreite | |
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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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Bauer L H, Berman H (1929) Mooreite, a new mineral and fluoborite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 14, 165-172 [view file] |
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Prewitt-Hopkins J (1949) X-ray study of holdenite, mooreite, and torreyite, American Mineralogist, 34, 589-595 [view file] |
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Finney J J (1969) Mineralogical notes: the unit cell of mooreite, American Mineralogist, 54, 973-975 [view file] |
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Hill R J (1980) The structure of mooreite, Acta Crystallographica, B36, 1304-1311 |
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Treiman A H, Peacor D R (1982) The crystal structure of lawsonbauerite, (Mn,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22·8H2O, and its relation to mooreite, American Mineralogist, 67, 1029-1034 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Burns R G, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 471-475 [view file] |
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