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Comment about the Formula of Veatchite
Author(s) -
Clark Joan R.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.19643310513
Subject(s) - mineral , group (periodic table) , composition (language) , mathematics , volume (thermodynamics) , space (punctuation) , mineralogy , geology , chemistry , geochemistry , thermodynamics , physics , philosophy , organic chemistry , linguistics
The composition Sr 3 B 16 O 27 · 5H 2 O recently assigned to the mineral veatchite is incompatible with the known cell volume, density, and space‐group requirements of the mineral. Retention of the formula SrB 6 O 10 · 2H 2 O for veatchite is advisable at present.