* R130046 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Prehnite R130046

Name: Prehnite
RRUFF ID: R130046
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂
Locality: Eagle Head (Deep Cove), Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Prehnite (4) ]

Quick search: [ All Prehnite samples (4) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R130046

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130046.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.6311(6)Å b: 5.4878(5)Å c: 18.502(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 470.2(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Prehnite
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]
Klaproth M H (1788) Chemische Zergliederung der Prehnits, Schriften der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 8, 211-223 [view file]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Jameson R (1805) Foliated Prehnite?, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 561-562 [view file]
Papike J J, Zoltai T (1967) Ordering of tetrahedral aluminum in prehnite, Ca₂(Al,Fe⁺³)[Si₃AlO₁₀](OH)₂, American Mineralogist, 52, 974-984
Aumento F (1968) The space group of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 485-492 [view file]
Franks S G (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of the New Bay Formation, Exploits zone, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 456-462 [view file]
Papezik V S (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of late Precambrian rock of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 463-468 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Akizuki M (1987) Al,Si order and the internal texture of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 707-716 [view file]
Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]
Balić-Žunić T, Scavnicar S, Molin G (1990) Crystal structure of prehnite from Komiza, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 731-734
Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]
Artioli G, Quartieri S, Deriu A (1995) Spectroscopic data on coexisting prehnite-pumpellyite and epidote-pumpellyite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 67-75 [view file]
Akasaka M, Hashimoto H, Makino K, Hino R (2003) ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer and X-ray Rietveld studies of ferrian prehnite from Kouragahana, Shimane Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 31-40 [view file]
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Welch M D (2008) Crystal chemistry and location of hydrogen atoms in prehnite, Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 1163 [view file]
Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Gatta G D (2009) Equation of state and structure of prehnite to 9.8 GPa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 561-570

REFERENCES for Prehnite

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]

Klaproth M H (1788) Chemische Zergliederung der Prehnits, Schriften der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 8, 211-223 [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Jameson R (1805) Foliated Prehnite?, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 561-562 [view file]

Papike J J, Zoltai T (1967) Ordering of tetrahedral aluminum in prehnite, Ca₂(Al,Fe⁺³)[Si₃AlO₁₀](OH)₂, American Mineralogist, 52, 974-984

Aumento F (1968) The space group of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 485-492 [view file]

Franks S G (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of the New Bay Formation, Exploits zone, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 456-462 [view file]

Papezik V S (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of late Precambrian rock of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 463-468 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Akizuki M (1987) Al,Si order and the internal texture of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 707-716 [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]

Balić-Žunić T, Scavnicar S, Molin G (1990) Crystal structure of prehnite from Komiza, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 731-734

Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]

Artioli G, Quartieri S, Deriu A (1995) Spectroscopic data on coexisting prehnite-pumpellyite and epidote-pumpellyite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 67-75 [view file]

Akasaka M, Hashimoto H, Makino K, Hino R (2003) ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer and X-ray Rietveld studies of ferrian prehnite from Kouragahana, Shimane Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 31-40 [view file]

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Welch M D (2008) Crystal chemistry and location of hydrogen atoms in prehnite, Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 1163 [view file]

Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Gatta G D (2009) Equation of state and structure of prehnite to 9.8 GPa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 561-570