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

Epistilbite R061105

Name: Epistilbite
RRUFF ID: R061105
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O
Locality: Berufiord, Iceland
Source: Michael Scott S104446 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Globular aggregate of thin tabular peach and white fibrous crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Mordenite (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061105.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_2.38Na_1.04K_0.09)_Σ=3.51(Si_18.11Al_5.89)O_48·11.38H₂O ; = lighter gray phase : (Na_2.91Ca_0.13K_0.12)_Σ=3.16Ca_2.00Al_7.29Si_28.85O₇₂·16.19H₂O = darker gray phase = heulandite-Na
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061105

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061105.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.0975(9)Å b: 17.764(2)Å c: 10.2349(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 124.605(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1361.4(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Epistilbite
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]
Rose G (1826) Ueber den Epistilbit, eine neue zur Familie der Zeolithe gehörige Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik, 6, 183-190 [view file]
Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]
Perrotta A J (1967) The crystal structure of epistilbite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 480-490 [view file]
Slaughter M, Kane W T (1969) The crystal structure of a disordered epistilbite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 68-87 [view file]
Merlino S (1972) Mineralogical notes: orizite discredited (= epistilbite), American Mineralogist, 57, 592-593 [view file]
Galli E, Rinaldi R (1974) The crystal chemistry of epistilbites, American Mineralogist, 59, 1055-1061 [view file]
Alberti A, Galli E, Vezzalini G (1985) Epistilbite: an acentric zeolite with domain structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 257-265 [view file]
Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1513-1518 [view file]
Yang P, Armbruster T (1996) (010) disorder, partial Si,Al ordering, and Ca distribution in triclinic (C1) epistilbite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 263-271
Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]
Cruciani G, Martucci A, Meneghini C (2003) Dehydration dynamics of epistilbite by in situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 257-266

REFERENCES for Epistilbite

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]

Rose G (1826) Ueber den Epistilbit, eine neue zur Familie der Zeolithe gehörige Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik, 6, 183-190 [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]

Perrotta A J (1967) The crystal structure of epistilbite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 480-490 [view file]

Slaughter M, Kane W T (1969) The crystal structure of a disordered epistilbite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 68-87 [view file]

Merlino S (1972) Mineralogical notes: orizite discredited (= epistilbite), American Mineralogist, 57, 592-593 [view file]

Galli E, Rinaldi R (1974) The crystal chemistry of epistilbites, American Mineralogist, 59, 1055-1061 [view file]

Alberti A, Galli E, Vezzalini G (1985) Epistilbite: an acentric zeolite with domain structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 257-265 [view file]

Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1513-1518 [view file]

Yang P, Armbruster T (1996) (010) disorder, partial Si,Al ordering, and Ca distribution in triclinic (C1) epistilbite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 263-271

Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]

Cruciani G, Martucci A, Meneghini C (2003) Dehydration dynamics of epistilbite by in situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 257-266