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spanning a large range of carbon numbers. The porphyrin which comprises abelsonite is common, but it does not usually occur in isolation from other porphyrins.
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Zhang, B.; Lash, T. D. (September 2003). "Total synthesis of the porphyrin mineral abelsonite and related petroporphyrins with five-membered exocyclic rings".
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The mineral is a deoxophylloerythroetioporphyrin (DPEP), with nickel occupying the center of the porphyrin ring. Most of the mineral consists of a C
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Abelsonite is semitransparent and pink-purple, dark greyish purple, pale purplish red, or reddish brown in color. The mineral occurs as thin
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Mason, G. M.; Trudell, L. G.; Branthaver, J. F. (1989). "Review of the stratigraphic distribution and diagenetic history of abelsonite".
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Hummer, D.R.; Noll, B.C.; Hazen, R.M.; Downs, R.T. (2017). "Crystal structure of abelsonite, the only known crystalline geoporphyrin".
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Storm, C. B.; Krane, J.; Skjetne, T.; Telnaes, N.; Branthaver, J. F.; Baker, E. W. (1984). "The structure of abelsonite".
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357:Green River Formation
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323:Description
255:Ultraviolet
227:Diaphaneity
127:Space group
1024:Categories
682:January 2,
554:References
457:homologues
423:Methanogen
408:diagenesis
385:orthoclase
310:geochemist
286:Abelsonite
277:References
194:Mohs scale
85:IMA symbol
22:Abelsonite
647:235729616
439:Structure
414:, likely
404:oil shale
290:porphyrin
201:2–3
141:Unit cell
120:Triclinic
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522:See also
377:dolomite
373:analcime
197:hardness
184:Fracture
170:Cleavage
109:50.4.9.1
99:10.CA.20
48:Category
955:1693019
935:Bibcode
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497:Science
478:History
337:acetone
333:benzene
249:Biaxial
188:Fragile
135:(No. 2)
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393:quartz
391:, and
389:pyrite
369:albite
217:Streak
207:Luster
967:S2CID
951:JSTOR
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534:Notes
329:laths
161:Color
959:PMID
709:2012
684:2013
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381:mica
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