@article{gledocs_11858_8932,
author = {Pannach, Melanie and Paschke, Iris and Schmidt, Horst and Freyer, Daniela and Voigt, Wolfgang},
title = {Crystallization of metastable monoclinic carnallite, KCl·MgCl2·6H2O: missing structural link in the carnallite family},
year = {2020},
volume = {76},
number = {5},
pages = {507-512},

abstract = {During evaporation of natural and synthetic K–Mg–Cl brines, the formation of almost square plate-like crystals of potassium carnallite (potassium chloride magnesium dichloride hexahydrate) was observed. A single-crystal structure analysis revealed a monoclinic cell [a = 9.251 (2), b = 9.516 (2), c = 13.217 (4) Å, β = 90.06 (2)° and space group C2/c]. The structure is isomorphous with other carnallite-type compounds, such as NH4Cl·MgCl2·6H2O. Until now, natural and synthetic carnallite, KCl·MgCl2·6H2O, was only known in its orthorhombic form [a = 16.0780 (3), b = 22.3850 (5), c = 9.5422 (2) Å and space group Pnna].},
note = { \url {http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8932}},
}