Albite X050008 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Albite X050008

Name: Albite
RRUFF ID: X050008
Ideal Chemistry: NaAlSi₃O₈
Locality: Pederineira mine, San Jose da Safria, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: George R. Rossman GRR-1609
Owner: George R. Rossman
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser oriented perpendicular to the (010) face

Instrument settings:

none 785nm @ 100% of mW

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REFERENCES for Albite
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]
Gahn J G, Berzelius J (1815) Underfökning af nagra i grannskapet af Fahlun funna fossilier, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 148-216 [view file]
Rose M G (1824) On felspar, albite, labrador, and anorthite, The Annals of Philosophy, 7, 49-59 [view file]
Ferguson R B, Traill R J, Taylor W H (1957) The crystal structure of low-temperature and high-temperature albites, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 759-760
Currie K L (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh annual meeting: On the solubility of albite in supercritical water, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 664-664 [view file]
Middleton G V (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Albite of secondary origin, after perthite, in sandstones of the charny formation, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 300-300 [view file]
Subbarao K V (1969) An intergrowth between albite and sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 721-723 [view file]
Phillips M W, Colville A A, Ribbe P H (1971) The crystal structures of two oligoclases: a comparison with low and high albite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 133, 43-65 [view file]
Sturt B A, Ramsay D M (1971) Observation on "An intergrowth between albite and sodalite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 904-904 [view file]
Piwinskii A J, Duba A, Ho P (1977) The electrical conductivity of low and high albite throughout its melting interval at 100 kPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 196-197 [view file]
Kline S W (1984) Iron-rich hornblende plus albite in low-pressure metabasites, Chibougamau, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 391-399 [view file]
Pouliot G, Trudel P, Valiquette G, Samson P (1984) Armenite - thulite - albite veins at Rémigny, Quebec: the second occurrence of armenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 453-464 [view file]
Wenk H R, Kroll H (1984) Analysis of P-1, I-1, and C-1 plagioclase structures, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 467-487
Ferguson R B, Ball N A (1987) Quantitative phase-analysis of Rb-enriched maximum microcline and low albite by X-ray powder diffractometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 337-345 [view file]
Dickinson J E, Scarfe C M (1990) Raman spectroscopic study of glasses on the join diopside-albite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54, 1037-1043 [link]
Mernagh T P (1991) Use of the laser Raman microprobe for discrimination amongst feldspar minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 22, 453-457
Fleet M E (1992) Tetrahedral-site occupancies in reedmergnerite and synthetic boron albite (NaBSi₃O₈), American Mineralogist, 77, 76-84 [view file]
Richards R P, Ercit T S (1992) Baveno-twinned albite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 207-214 [view file]
Swanson S E, Fenn P M (1992) THe effect of F and Cl on the kinetics of albite crystallization: a model for granitic pegmatites?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 549-559 [view file]
Downs R T, Hazen R M, Finger L W (1994) The high-pressure crystal chemistry of low albite and the origin of the pressure dependency of Al/Si order-disorder, American Mineralogist, 79, 1042-1052 [view file]
Lynch G, Ortega J (1997) Hydrothermal alteration and tourmaline-albite equilibria at the Coxheath porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 79-94 [view file]
Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Parsons I, Kroll H, Reed S J B, Graeme-Barber A (1997) Exsolution and Al-Si disorder in alkali feldspars: Their analysis by infrared spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 82, 849-857 [view file]
Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154
McKeown D A (2005) Raman spectroscopy and vibrational analyses of albite: From 25 °C through the melting temperature, American Mineralogist, 90, 1506-1517 [view file]
Brown J M, Abramson E H, Angel R J (2006) Triclinic elastic constants for low albite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 256-265
Liu L, El Gorsey A (2007) High-pressure phase transitions of the feldspars, and further characterization of lingunite, International Geology Review, 49, 854-860
Bendel V, Schmidt B C (2008) Raman spectroscopic characterization of disordered alkali feldspars along the join KAlSi₃O₈ - NaAlSi₃O₈: application to natural sanidine and anorthoclase, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 1055-1065
Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500 [view file]

REFERENCES for Albite

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]

Gahn J G, Berzelius J (1815) Underfökning af nagra i grannskapet af Fahlun funna fossilier, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 148-216 [view file]

Rose M G (1824) On felspar, albite, labrador, and anorthite, The Annals of Philosophy, 7, 49-59 [view file]

Ferguson R B, Traill R J, Taylor W H (1957) The crystal structure of low-temperature and high-temperature albites, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 759-760

Currie K L (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh annual meeting: On the solubility of albite in supercritical water, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 664-664 [view file]

Middleton G V (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Albite of secondary origin, after perthite, in sandstones of the charny formation, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 300-300 [view file]

Subbarao K V (1969) An intergrowth between albite and sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 721-723 [view file]

Phillips M W, Colville A A, Ribbe P H (1971) The crystal structures of two oligoclases: a comparison with low and high albite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 133, 43-65 [view file]

Sturt B A, Ramsay D M (1971) Observation on "An intergrowth between albite and sodalite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 904-904 [view file]

Piwinskii A J, Duba A, Ho P (1977) The electrical conductivity of low and high albite throughout its melting interval at 100 kPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 196-197 [view file]

Kline S W (1984) Iron-rich hornblende plus albite in low-pressure metabasites, Chibougamau, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 391-399 [view file]

Pouliot G, Trudel P, Valiquette G, Samson P (1984) Armenite - thulite - albite veins at Rémigny, Quebec: the second occurrence of armenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 453-464 [view file]

Wenk H R, Kroll H (1984) Analysis of P-1, I-1, and C-1 plagioclase structures, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 467-487

Ferguson R B, Ball N A (1987) Quantitative phase-analysis of Rb-enriched maximum microcline and low albite by X-ray powder diffractometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 337-345 [view file]

Dickinson J E, Scarfe C M (1990) Raman spectroscopic study of glasses on the join diopside-albite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54, 1037-1043 [link]

Mernagh T P (1991) Use of the laser Raman microprobe for discrimination amongst feldspar minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 22, 453-457

Fleet M E (1992) Tetrahedral-site occupancies in reedmergnerite and synthetic boron albite (NaBSi₃O₈), American Mineralogist, 77, 76-84 [view file]

Richards R P, Ercit T S (1992) Baveno-twinned albite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 207-214 [view file]

Swanson S E, Fenn P M (1992) THe effect of F and Cl on the kinetics of albite crystallization: a model for granitic pegmatites?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 549-559 [view file]

Downs R T, Hazen R M, Finger L W (1994) The high-pressure crystal chemistry of low albite and the origin of the pressure dependency of Al/Si order-disorder, American Mineralogist, 79, 1042-1052 [view file]

Lynch G, Ortega J (1997) Hydrothermal alteration and tourmaline-albite equilibria at the Coxheath porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 79-94 [view file]

Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Parsons I, Kroll H, Reed S J B, Graeme-Barber A (1997) Exsolution and Al-Si disorder in alkali feldspars: Their analysis by infrared spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 82, 849-857 [view file]

Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154

McKeown D A (2005) Raman spectroscopy and vibrational analyses of albite: From 25 °C through the melting temperature, American Mineralogist, 90, 1506-1517 [view file]

Brown J M, Abramson E H, Angel R J (2006) Triclinic elastic constants for low albite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 256-265

Liu L, El Gorsey A (2007) High-pressure phase transitions of the feldspars, and further characterization of lingunite, International Geology Review, 49, 854-860

Bendel V, Schmidt B C (2008) Raman spectroscopic characterization of disordered alkali feldspars along the join KAlSi₃O₈ - NaAlSi₃O₈: application to natural sanidine and anorthoclase, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 1055-1065

Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500 [view file]