Unnamed (Boron Carbide)
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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Formula:
B4C
Crystal System:
Trigonal
This page provides mineralogical data about Unnamed (Boron Carbide).
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
53598
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:53598:2
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
4a11b786-add9-454d-bbba-42208ea03f61
Chemistry of Unnamed (Boron Carbide)
Mindat Formula:
B4C
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Unnamed (Boron Carbide)
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Class (H-M):
3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:
R3m
Setting:
R3m
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.60 Å, c = 12.12 Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 2.164
Unit Cell V:
329.16 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Comment:
Cell parameters from synthetic material
First Recorded Occurrence of Unnamed (Boron Carbide)
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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Localities for Unnamed (Boron Carbide)
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Russia (FRL) | |
| Kaminsky et al. (2016) |