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Name: Plombièrite RRUFF ID: R070162 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O) Locality: Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Matted white fibrous aggregate with calcite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Tobermorite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070162.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Plombièrite | |
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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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Daubrée G A (1858) Sur la relation des sources thermales de plombières avec les filons métallifères, et sur la formation comtemporaine des zéolithes, Annales des Mines, 13, 227-256 [view file] |
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Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 1037-1039 [view file] |
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Bonaccorsi E, Merlino S (2005) The crystal of tobermorite 14 Å (plombierite) a CSH phase, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, 505-512 |
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Piilonen P C, Locock A, Grew E S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1945-1952 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 21. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 797-804 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Merlino S, Bonaccorsi E (2015) The tobermorite supergroup: a new nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 485-495 |
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