Aqualite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Aqualite R070413

Name: Aqualite
RRUFF ID: R070413
Ideal Chemistry: (H₃O)₈(Na,K,Sr)₅Ca₆Zr₃Si₂₆O₆₆(OH)₉Cl
Locality: Kovdor Phlogopite mine (Mica mine; Slyuda mine; Kovdorslyuda Shaft), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105760 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink gemmy massive inclusions in matrix of fine-grained white undetermined zeolite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070413.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070413

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070413.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.231(4)Å b: 14.231(4)Å c: 30.84(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5409(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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REFERENCES for Aqualite
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]
Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file]
Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file]
Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file]
Khomyakov A P, Nechelyustov G N, Rastsvetaeva R K (2007) Aqualite, (H₃O)₈(Na,K,Sr)₅Ca₆Zr₃Si₂₆O₆₆(OH)₉Cl, a new eudialyte-group mineral from Inagli alkaline massif (Sakha-Yakutia, Russia), and the problem of oxonium in hydrated eudialytes, abstract only, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 2 39-55 [view file]
Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]
Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file]
Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34

REFERENCES for Aqualite

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]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file]

Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file]

Khomyakov A P, Nechelyustov G N, Rastsvetaeva R K (2007) Aqualite, (H₃O)₈(Na,K,Sr)₅Ca₆Zr₃Si₂₆O₆₆(OH)₉Cl, a new eudialyte-group mineral from Inagli alkaline massif (Sakha-Yakutia, Russia), and the problem of oxonium in hydrated eudialytes, abstract only, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 2 39-55 [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file]

Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34