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Name: Glauberite RRUFF ID: R070322 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(SO4)2 Locality: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless tabular crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Glauberite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070322.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.1307(4)Å b: 8.3030(2)Å c: 8.5324(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.192(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 664.54(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Glauberite | |
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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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Brongniart A (1808) Sur une nouvelle espèce de minéral de la classe des sels, nommée glauberite, Journal des Mines, 23, 5-20 [view file] |
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Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124 [view file] |
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Cocco G, Corazza E, Sabelli C (1965) The crystal structure of glauberite, CaNa2(SO4)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 122, 175-184 [view file] |
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Araki T, Zoltai T (1967) Refinement of the crystal structure of a glauberite, American Mineralogist, 52, 1272-1277 [view file] |
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Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] |
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