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Formicaite from
Alkali Lake, Lake County, Oregon, USA


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Formicaite
Formula:Ca(HCOO)2
Comments:Study of the calcium formate occurrence of Alkali lake shows that it is the previously undescribed alpha-calcium formate polymorph.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Formicaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alkali Lake, Lake County, Oregon, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1227012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1227012:5
GUID (UUID V4):729e0c65-36b8-46ff-9c29-c0e31ea55387
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Orthorhombic α-Calcium Formate from Sediments of Alkali Lake, Oregon, USA Nikita V. Chukanov 1,2 , Cesar Menor-Salvan...orthorhombic calcium formate, α-Ca(HCO2 )2 from Alkali Lake, Oregon, USA have been studied by means of powder and...may be a result of a combination of two factors: lake microbial metabolism and anthropogenic pollution...low-density tetragonal β-Ca(HCO2 )2 polymorph (formicaite) in boron ores are discussed. M.F.; Ksenofontov...Sediments of Alkali Lake, Oregon, USA. Minerals 2021, 11, Keywords: calcium formate; mineral; formicaite; polymorphism;
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...California, in fine crystals in talc near Wenatchee Lake, Chelan co., Washington, also at Sulzer, Prince...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite
 
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