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Name: Bobierrite RRUFF ID: R060681 Ideal Chemistry: Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O Locality: Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S101377 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless sectile tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Vivianite (17) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060681.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.674(4)Å b: 27.877(3)Å c: 10.060(10)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 104.93(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1266(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bobierrite | |
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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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Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) Bobierrite, in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition John Wiley and Sons New York 795-795 [view file] |
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Frazier A W, Lehr J R, Smith J P (1963) The magnesium phosphates hannayite, schertelite and bobierrite, American Mineralogist, 48, 635-641 [view file] |
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Takagi S, Mathew M, Brown W E (1986) Crystal structures of bobierrite and synthetic Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O, American Mineralogist, 71, 1229-1233 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Martens W, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the vivianite-group phosphates vivianite, baricite, and bobierrite, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 1063-1073 [link] [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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