TY - JOUR A1 - Rincke, Christine A1 - Schmidt, Horst A1 - Voigt, Wolfgang T1 - A new hydrate of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3·6H2O Y1 - 2020 VL - 76 IS - 3 SP - 244 EP - 249 JF - Acta Crystallographica Section C DO - 10.1107/S2053229620001540 DO - 10.23689/fidgeo-4643 N2 - During investigations of the formation of hydrated magnesium carbonates, a sample of the previously unknown magnesium carbonate hexahydrate (MgCO3·6H2O) was synthesized in an aqueous solution at 273.15 K. The crystal structure consists of edge-linked isolated pairs of Mg(CO3)(H2O)4 octahedra and noncoordinating water molecules, and exhibits similarities to NiCO3·5.5H2O (hellyerite). The recorded X-ray diffraction pattern and the Raman spectra confirmed the formation of a new phase and its transformation to magnesium carbonate trihydrate (MgCO3·3H2O) at room temperature. UR - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8989 ER -