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Name: Hurlbutite RRUFF ID: R090048 Ideal Chemistry: CaBe2(PO4)2 Locality: Smith mine, Chandler's Mill, Newport, New Hampshire Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1636 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless glassy grains in matrix, associated with, and hard to visually distinguish from quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Danburite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Hurlbutite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R090048.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.326(2)Å b: 8.814(2)Å c: 7.830(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.49(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 574.62(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hurlbutite | |
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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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Mrose M E (1952) Hurlbutite, CaBe2(PO4)2, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 37, 931-940 [view file] |
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Lindbloom J T, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1974) The crystal structure of hurlbutite: A comparison with danburite and anorthite, American Mineralogist, 59, 1267-1271 [view file] |
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Dal Bo F, Hatert F, Baijot M (2014) Crystal chemistry of synthetic M2+Be2P2O8 (M2+ = Ca, Sr, Pb, Ba) beryllophosphates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 337-350 |
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