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Amicite R080066
Name: Amicite
RRUFF ID: R080066
Ideal Chemistry: K2Na2(Al4Si4O16)·5H2O
Locality: Kirovski Drive, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100673 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless pseudo-octahedral crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Gismondine (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R080066.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080066
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080066.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.210(1)Å    b: 10.411(1)Å    c: 9.894(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 88.504(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1051.3(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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REFERENCES for Amicite

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]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052   [view file]

Alberti A, Hentschel G, Vezzalini G (1979) Amicite, a new natural zeolite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 481-488

Alberti A, Vezzalini G (1979) The crystal structure of amicite, a zeolite, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 2866-2869

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 808-814   [view file]

Sabelli C (1987) Structure refinement of elpasolite from Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 481-487

Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606   [view file]

Arletti R, Giacobbe C, Quartieri S, Vezzalini G (2017) The influence of the framework and extraframework content on the high pressure behavior of the GIS type zeolites: The case of amicite, Minerals, 7, 18   [view file]

Skrzyńska K, Cametti G, Juroszek R, Schäfer C, Galuskina I (2023) New data on minerals with the GIS framework-type structure: gismondine-Sr from the Bellerberg volcano, Germany, and amicite and Ba-rich gismondine from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 443-454