Cryolite R050287
Name: Cryolite
RRUFF ID: R050287
Ideal Chemistry: Na3AlF6
Locality: Ivigtut, Greenland
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050287.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na3.00Al1.00F6.00
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050287
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050287.1
Sample Description: Powder
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050287.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.4063(4)Å    b: 5.5933(3)Å    c: 7.7667(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.201(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 234.86(2)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Cryolite

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]

Abilgaard P C (1799) Norwegische titanerze und andre neue fossilien, Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 2, 502-502   [view file]

Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien, in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 28-28   [view file]

Náray-Szabó S, Sasvári K (1938) Die struktur des kryoliths Na3AlF6, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 99, 27-31   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of cryolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 377-382   [view file]

Ross K C, Mitchell R H, Chakhmouradian A R (2003) The crystal structure of synthetic simmonsite, Na2LiAlF6, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 172, 95-101

Zhou Q, Kennedy B J (2004) High-temperature powder synchrotron diffraction studies of synthetic cryolite Na3AlF6, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 177, 654-659