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Name: Silicon RRUFF ID: R050145 Ideal Chemistry: Si Locality: synthetic from Dupont Source: Gerry Gibbs Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark gray synthetic fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Diamond (18) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050145.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.4299(1)Å b: 5.4299(1)Å c: 5.4299(1)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 160.09(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Silicon | |
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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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Golightly J P (1969) The birefringence and dichroism of silicon carbide polytypes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 105-108 [view file] |
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Schaeffer H A (1977) Oxygen and silicon diffusion-controlled processes in silicate glasses and melts, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 201-201 [view file] |
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Essene E J, Fisher D C (1986) Lightning strike fusion: extreme reduction and metal-silicate liquid immiscibility, Science, 234, 189-193 |
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Novgorodova M I, Boronikhin V A, Generalov M E, Kramer H (1989) On native silicon in association with native gold and other metals, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 309, 1182-1185 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 665-671 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file] |
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Zhao X S, Ge Y R, Schroeder J, Persans P D (1994) Carrier-induced strain effect in Si and GaAs nanocrystals, Applied Physics Letters, 65, 2033-2035 |
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Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371 |
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