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Ericaite

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

Ericaite, etc.

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

Congolite

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine, Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Ericaite

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

Ericaite, etc.

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

Congolite

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine, Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Ericaite

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

Ericaite, etc.

Holungen shaft, Bischofferode potash mine, Am Ohmberg, Eichsfeld District, Thuringia, Germany

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About Fe-BorazitHide

Synonym of:

Congolite, Ericaite

This page provides mineralogical data about Fe-Borazit.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

10136

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:10136:9

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0019541	Congolite	Mendoza-Alvarez M E, Yvon K, Depmeier W, Schmid H (1985) Structure refinement of trigonal iron-chlorine boracite Acta Crystallographica C41 1551-1552		1985	synthetic	0	293
0010745	Congolite	Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal-structure refinements for orthorhombic boracite, Mg3B7O13Cl, and a trigonal, iron-rich analogue Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 138 64-99		1973	Bischofferode, Thuringen, Germany	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Congolite'
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_publ_author_name
'Mendoza-Alvarez M E'
'Yvon K'
'Depmeier W'
'Schmid H'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section C'
_journal_volume 41 
_journal_year 1985
_journal_page_first 1551
_journal_page_last 1552
_publ_section_title
;
 Structure refinement of trigonal iron-chlorine boracite
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_database_code_amcsd 0019541
_chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Fe3 Cl B7 O13'
_cell_length_a 8.6231
_cell_length_b 8.6231
_cell_length_c 21.0503
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 1355.551
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.577
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R 3 c'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
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  '2/3+x,1/3+y,1/3+z'
  '1/3+x,2/3+y,2/3+z'
  'x,x-y,1/2+z'
  '2/3+x,1/3+x-y,5/6+z'
  '1/3+x,2/3+x-y,1/6+z'
  '-y,-x,1/2+z'
  '2/3-y,1/3-x,5/6+z'
  '1/3-y,2/3-x,1/6+z'
  '-x+y,y,1/2+z'
  '2/3-x+y,1/3+y,5/6+z'
  '1/3-x+y,2/3+y,1/6+z'
  '-y,x-y,z'
  '2/3-y,1/3+x-y,1/3+z'
  '1/3-y,2/3+x-y,2/3+z'
  '-x+y,-x,z'
  '2/3-x+y,1/3-x,1/3+z'
  '1/3-x+y,2/3-x,2/3+z'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Fe   0.14727   0.29642   0.32700   0.00692
Cl   0.00000   0.00000   0.26630   0.01217
Bl   0.16360  -0.16550   0.08261   0.00480
B2   0.10020  -0.10270  -0.02895   0.00450
B3   0.00000   0.00000   0.10180   0.00610
O1   0.00000   0.00000  -0.01215   0.00390
O21  -0.15930  -0.00080   0.10509   0.00500
O22   0.28880   0.25910  -0.03720   0.00460
O23   0.20030  -0.02310  -0.08789   0.00430
O24  -0.30450  -0.22460   0.02118   0.00460
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_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Fe 0.00571 0.00817 0.00786 0.00412 0.00135 0.00319
Cl 0.01059 0.01059 0.01526 0.00531 0.00000 0.00000
Bl 0.00424 0.00480 0.00651 0.00311 0.00056 -0.00064
B2 0.00339 0.00452 0.00539 0.00170 0.00008 0.00008
B3 0.00509 0.00509 0.00808 0.00254 0.00000 0.00000
O1 0.00311 0.00311 0.00539 0.00155 0.00000 0.00000
O21 0.00223 0.00387 0.00808 0.00096 0.00048 -0.00072
O22 0.00322 0.00435 0.00561 0.00161 0.00056 -0.00096
O23 0.00438 0.00342 0.00359 0.00085 0.00088 -0.00008
O24 0.00494 0.00339 0.00449 0.00136 0.00096 0.00000

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Bolivia
Cochabamba Chapare Province ⓘ Alto Chapare mining district	[Ericaite] [MinRec 32:461] XRD and wet chemical ...

Canada
New Brunswick Kings Co. Cardwell Parish ⓘ Penobsquis	[Congolite] Grice et al. (2005)
ⓘ Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation of America Mine)	[Congolite] Grice (2002)
Studholm Parish ⓘ Millstream deposit (Millstream property)	[Congolite] Grice et al. (2005)

Germany
Lower Saxony Celle District Wathlingen ⓘ Niedersachsen potash mine	[Ericaite] Weiß (1990)
Hanover Region Uetze Hänigsen ⓘ Riedel Potash Works	[Ericaite] Aufschluss 1987 (4)
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ Staßfurt potash deposit	[Ericaite] Wittern (2001)
Thuringia Eichsfeld District Am Ohmberg Bischofferode potash mine ⓘ Holungen shaft	[Congolite] Fleischer (1972)

Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Shalkar District Aksai Valley ⓘ Chelkar salt dome	[Ericaite] Коротченкова et al. (2016)

Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship Koło County Gmina Kłodawa ⓘ Kłodawa salt deposit	[Congolite] PIECZKA et al. (2012) +1 other reference

Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville Department ⓘ ~~Brazzaville~~	[Congolite] American Mineralogist (1972)
ⓘ Kouilou Department	[Congolite] American Mineralogist (1972)

Russia
Perm Krai Solikamsky District Solikamsk Verkhnekamskoe K deposit Romanovskiy area ⓘ Borehole No. 2001	[Congolite] Zhitova et al. (2019)

UK
England North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland Loftus ⓘ Boulby Mine	[Congolite] Bart Cannon analyses
Scarborough ⓘ Whitby	[Ericaite] Smith et al. (2014)

USA
Louisiana Plaquemines Parish ⓘ Venice Salt dome	[Ericaite] R&M 72:3 p 192

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