Garronite-Ca R050281
Name: Garronite-Ca
RRUFF ID: R050281
Ideal Chemistry: Ca3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O
Locality: Pete's Point, Aneroid Lake, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White radiating crystal aggregates completely filling amygdules
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Gismondine (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050281.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.94K0.06)Σ=1Ca2.50(Si10.00Al6.00)O32·13H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050281
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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: R050281.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050281.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.9433(8)Å    b: 9.9433(8)Å    c: 10.269(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1015.3(0)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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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 Garronite-Ca

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Walker G P L (1962) Garronite, a new zeolite, from Ireland and Iceland, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 173-186   [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 708-712   [view file]

Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441   [view file]

Artioli G (1992) The crystal structure of garronite, American Mineralogist, 77, 189-196   [view file]

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]

Schröpfer L, Joswig W (1997) Structure analyses of a partially dehydrated synthetic Ca-garronite single crystal under different T, pH2O conditions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 53-66

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

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 627-630   [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 26. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947   [view file]