Faujasite-Mg R080141
Name: Faujasite-Mg
RRUFF ID: R080141
Ideal Chemistry: (Mg,Na,K,Ca)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O
Locality: Limburg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless octahedra in basalt vesicles
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
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: R080141.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 24.666(6)Å    b: 24.666(6)Å    c: 24.666(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 15007(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Faujasite-Mg

Bergerhoff G, Baur W H, Nowacki W (1958) Über die Kristallstruktur des Faujasites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1958, 193-200

Rinaldi R, Smith J V, Jung G (1975) Chemistry and paragenesis of faujasite, phillipsite and offretite from Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1975, 433-443

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]

Fatini R, Arletti R, Pastero L, Quartieri S, Di Renzo F, Cámara F, Vezzalini G (2018) Structure of natural and NH4-exchanged Sasbach faujasite: a single-crystal study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 515-523