Cahnite R070182
Name: Cahnite
RRUFF ID: R070182
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4
Locality: Vallerano Quarry, Vallerano, Rome, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S103925 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow tetrahedra associated with chabazite, phillipsite, augite, akermanite, calzirtite
Status: The identification of this mineral has only been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070182.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070182
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070182.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.077(5)Å    b: 7.077(5)Å    c: 6.175(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 309.23(7)    Crystal System: tetragonal
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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 Cahnite

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]

Palache C, Bauer L H (1927) Cahnite, a new boro-arsenate of calcium from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 12, 149-153   [view file]

Prewitt C T, Buerger M J (1961) Crystal structure of cahnite, American Mineralogist, 46, 1077-1085   [view file]

Shiraga K, Kusachi I, Kobayashi S, Takechi Y (2002) Cahnite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 70-73   [view file]