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Name: Bílinite RRUFF ID: R070187 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O Locality: Runge mine, near Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless needles within pale green powdery efflorescence of pickeringite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Halotrichite (7) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070187.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.189(1)Å b: 24.273(2)Å c: 21.256(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.28(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3141.9(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bílinite | |
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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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ebor J (1913) Bílinit, nový český minerál, Sborník Klubu Přírodovědeckého v Praze, 2, 1-2 [view file] |
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ebor J (1914) Bílinit, ein neues böhmisches Mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 39, 395-396 [view file] |
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Bol'shakov A P, Ptuchko L I (1969) Alteration products of melanterite from Nikitov mercury ore deposits, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 98, issue 3 288-294 [view file] |
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Sabelli C, Trosti-Ferroni R (1985) A structural classification of sulfate minerals, Periodico di Mineralogia, 54, 11-11 |
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