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Gaylussite R040146


 Name: Gaylussite
RRUFF ID: R040146
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O
Locality: Searles Lake, Trona, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13258 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless crystal fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040146.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na2.00Ca1.00(C1.00O3)2ยท5H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted on a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00121
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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RRUFF ID: R040146
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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: R040146.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040146.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.365(2)Å    b: 7.7840(2)Å    c: 11.2203(8)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 127.810(6)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 991.2(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gaylussite

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]

Boussingault J B (1826) Analyse d'une nouvelle substance minérale (la Gay-Lussite), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 31, 270-276   [view file]

Cordier L (1826) Sur la Gay-Lussite ou bi-carbonate hydraté de soude et de chaux, récemment découvert dans l'Amérique du Sud, par M. Boussingault, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 31, 276-283   [view file]

Pratt J H (1896) On northupite; pirssonite, a new mineral; gaylussite and hanksite from Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California, American Journal of Science, 152, 123-135   [view file]

Murdoch J (1951) Notes on California minerals nuevite = samarskite; trona and hanksite; gaylussite, American Mineralogist, 36, 358-362   [view file]

Monroe E A (1967) Unit cell and space group of gaylussite, CaCO3·Na2CO3·5H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 459-459   [view file]

Menchetti S (1968) The crystal structure of gaylussite, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 44, 680-694