Ashcroftine-(Y) R110189



Name: Ashcroftine-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R110189
Ideal Chemistry: K5Na5Y12Si28O70(OH)2(CO3)8·8H2O
Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of pink fibrous crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110189
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110189.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 24.108(3)Å    b: 24.108(3)Å    c: 17.470(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 10154(2)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ashcroftine-(Y)

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]

Flett J S (1933) Proceedings of Societies: Mineralogical society of Great Britain and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 18, 77-78   [view file]

Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 358-359   [view file]

Hey M H, Bannister F A (1933) Studies on the zeolites. Part IV. Ashcroftine (kalithomsonite of S.G. Gordon), Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 305-308   [view file]

Moore P B, Bennett J M, Louisnathan S J (1969) Ashcroftine is not a zeolite!, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 515-517   [view file]

Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818   [view file]

Moore P B, Sen Gupta P K, Schlemper E O, Merlino S (1987) Ashcroftine, ca. K10Na10(Y,Ca)24(OH)4(CO3)16(Si56O140)·16H2O, a structure with enormous polyanions, American Mineralogist, 72, 1176-1189   [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]