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Ulexite X050174

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Name: Ulexite
RRUFF ID: X050174
Ideal Chemistry: NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O
Locality: Boron, California, USA
Source: Caltech
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
Sample Description: de-polarized laser oriented perpendicular to the (010) face
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REFERENCES for Ulexite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Dana J D (1850) Ulexite, in A System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 695-695   [view file]

Clark J R, Christ C L (1959) Studies of borate minerals (V): Reinvestigation of the x-ray crystallography of ulexite and probertite, American Mineralogist, 44, 712-719   [view file]

Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376   [view file]

Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1976) Howlite and ulexite from carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland — addendum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 393-393   [view file]

Ghose S, Wan C, Clark J R (1978) Ulexite, NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O: structure refinement, polyanion configuration, hydrogen bonding, and fiber optics, American Mineralogist, 63, 160-171   [view file]

Li J, Xia S, Gao S (1995) FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic study of hydrated borates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 51, 519-532