Nahcolite R070237

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Name: Nahcolite
RRUFF ID: R070237
Ideal Chemistry: NaH(CO3)
Locality: Bureau of Mines Oil Shale Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Source: Michael Scott S105046 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Clear, colorless to brownish, massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070237.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00HCO3 ; H and C not analyzed but assumed by stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070237
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070237.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070237.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.4798(2)Å    b: 9.6817(3)Å    c: 8.0537(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 112.144(4)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 251.32(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Nahcolite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Matteucci R V (1897) Sul bicarbonato sodico prodottosi sulle lave dell'eruzione vesuviana principiata il 3 luglio 1895, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 3, 223-232   [view file]

Bannister F A (1929) The so-called ‘thermokalite’ and the existence of sodium bicarbonate as a mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 53-64   [view file]

Schairer J F (1929) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 14, 387-388   [view file]

Foshag W F (1940) Sodium bicarbonate (nahcolite) from Searles Lake, California, American Mineralogist, 25, 769-778   [view file]

Sass R L, Scheuerman R F (1962) The crystal structure of sodium bicarbonate, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 77-81

Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397