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Name: Dickite RRUFF ID: R090054 Ideal Chemistry: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Locality: Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Unconsolidated mass of hexagonal platelets associated with minor quartz crystals. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Kaolinite (7) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Dickite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R090054.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, mixed with quartz | |||||||
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a: 5.160(2)Å b: 8.955(1)Å c: 14.737(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 103.47(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 662.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Dickite | |
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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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Ross C S, Kerr P F (1930) Dickite, a kaolin mineral, American Mineralogist, 15, 34-39 [view file] |
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Honess A P, Williams F J (1935) Dickite from pensylvania, American Mineralogist, 20, 462-466 [view file] |
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Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file] |
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Joswig W, Drits V A (1986) The orientation of the hydroxyl groups in dickite by X-ray diffraction, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1986, 19-22 |
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Bish D L, Johnston C T (1993) Rietveld refinement and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic study of the dickite structure at low temperature, Clays and Clay Minerals, 41, 297-304 |
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Johnston C T, Helsen J, Schoonheydt R A, Bish D L, Agnew S F (1998) Single-crystal Raman spectroscopic study of dickite, American Mineralogist, 83, 75-84 [view file] |
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Balan E, Delattre S, Guillaumet M, Salje E K H (2010) Low-temperature infrared spectroscopic study of OH-stretching modes in kaolinite and dickite, American Mineralogist, 95, 1257-1266 [view file] |
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Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397 |
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Rocha J, Almeida Paz F A, Sardo M, Mafra L (2018) Revisiting the crystal stucture of dickite: X-ray diffraction, solid state NMR, and DFT calculations study, American Mineralogist, 103, 812-818 |
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