Hectorite R050134
Name: Hectorite
RRUFF ID: R050134
Ideal Chemistry: Na0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(OH)2
Locality: Hector, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10606 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Compacted aggregate of fine-grained material
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050134.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050134
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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: R050134.1
Sample Description: powder
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Hectorite

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]

Fleischer M (1944) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 29, 73-74   [view file]

Breu J, Seidl W, Stoll A (2003) Fehlordnung bei smectiten in abhängigkeit vom zwischenschichtkation: Disorder in smectites in dependence of the interlayer cation, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 629, 503-515

Seidl W, Breu J (2005) Single crystal structure refinement of tetramethylammonium-hectorite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 220, 169-176   [view file]