Bystrite R060642
Name: Bystrite
RRUFF ID: R060642
Ideal Chemistry: Na7Ca(Al6Si6)O24(S5)2-Cl1-
Locality: Malaya Bystvaya, Lapis Deposit, Baikal, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100813 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-brown granular associated with blue lazurite and white calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060642.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R060642.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.885(6)Å    b: 12.885(6)Å    c: 10.708(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 1539(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bystrite

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]

Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719   [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13

Pobedimskaya E A, Terent`eva L E, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A, Dorokhova G I (1991) Crystal structure of bystrite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 319, 873-878   [view file]

Sapozhnikov A N, Ivanov V G, Piskunova L F, Kashaev A A, Terentieva L E, Pobedimskaya E A (1991) Bystrite Ca(Na,K)7(Si6Al6O24)(S3)1.5·H2O — a new cancrinite-like mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 120, issue 3 97-100   [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455   [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 70, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 591-601   [view file]

Chukanov N V, Sapozhnikov A N, Kaneva E V, Varlamov D A, Vigasina M F (2023) Bystrite, Na7Ca(Al6Si6O24)S52–Cl–: formula redefinition and relationships with other four-layer cancrinite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 455-464