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Hatipoğlu, Murat; Türk, Necdet; Chamberlain, Steven C.; Akgün, A. Murat (2010). "Gem-quality transparent diaspore (zultanite) in bauxite deposits of the İlbir Mountains, Menderes Massif, SW Turkey".
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is markedly pearly in character. It is colorless or greyish-white, yellowish, sometimes violet in color, and varies from
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White, pale gray, colorless, greenish gray, brown, pale yellow, pink, purple; may exhibit color change
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and other crystalline rocks. Well-developed crystals are found in the emery deposits of the
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are trade names for gem-quality diaspore (also known as Turkish diaspore) from the
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crystals; also stalactitic, foliated, scaly, disseminated, and massive
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It was first described in 1801 for an occurrence in Mramorsk Zavod,
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meaning "to scatter", in allusion to its decrepitation on heating.
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Forms heart shaped twins on {021} or pseudohexagonal aggregates
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Decrepitates releasing water in closed tube on heating
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The name, which was coined by 415: 451:) – also called 812: 735: 638: 1: 631: 7: 10: 884: 868:Minerals in space group 62 595: 493:translucent to transparent 265:Transparent to translucent 25: 18: 833:10.1007/s00126-009-0262-2 530:and is found in granular 469:aluminium hydroxide oxide 401: 393: 381: 371: 354: 342: 332: 319: 287: 279: 269: 259: 249: 236: 226: 214: 204: 194: 180: 172: 167: 137: 125: 110: 98: 88: 78: 64: 54: 49: 40: 35: 467: – is an 19:Not to be confused with 793:Encyclopædia Britannica 780:Spencer, Leonard James 743:"The mineral diaspore" 699:Handbook of Mineralogy 652:Mineralogical Magazine 540:Chester, Massachusetts 863:Orthorhombic minerals 557:Diaspore, along with 394:Other characteristics 90:Strunz classification 715:Manual of Mineralogy 645:Warr, L. N. 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" 683:235729616 617:zultanite 612:Turkizite 597:διασπείρω 579:, Middle 552:aluminium 542:, and in 532:limestone 461:kayserite 457:empholite 388:Insoluble 377:Infusible 139:Unit cell 74:α-AlO(OH) 784:Diaspore 563:boehmite 559:gibbsite 524:corundum 485:cleavage 481:goethite 411:Diaspore 344:2V angle 241:hardness 228:Tenacity 216:Fracture 206:Cleavage 196:Twinning 188:acicular 55:Category 36:Diaspore 21:diaspora 790:(ed.). 777::  661:Bibcode 604:Csarite 570:bauxite 548:Hungary 538:and at 505:brucite 328:= 0.048 275:3.1–3.4 245:6.5–7.0 94:4.FD.10 66:Formula 50:General 786:". 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Index

diaspora
diaspore (botany)

Oxide mineral
Formula
IMA symbol
Strunz classification
Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Crystal class
H–M symbol
Space group
Unit cell
Å
Crystal habit
acicular
Twinning
Cleavage
Fracture
Conchoidal
Tenacity
Mohs scale
Luster
Diaphaneity
Specific gravity
Refractive index
Birefringence
Pleochroism
2V angle
Dispersion

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