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

Lazurite R040023

Name: Lazurite
RRUFF ID: R040023
Ideal Chemistry: Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S
Locality: Chile
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6685 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue fine-grained massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040023.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment, dark material is lazurite, medium gray is calcite, light material is a phosphate
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.99K_0.01)₆(Ca_0.99Na_0.01)₂Al_6.00Si_6.00O₂₄[(SO₄)_0.67S_0.32Cl_0.01]₂
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040023

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040023.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040023.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.0744(3)Å b: 9.0744(3)Å c: 9.0744(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 747.24(9) Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Lazurite
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]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Brögger W C, Bäckström H (1891) Die mineralien der Granatgruppe, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 18, 209-276 [view file]
Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file]
Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13
Hassan I, Peterson R C, Grundy H D (1985) The structure of lazurite, ideally Na₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)S₂, a member of the sodalite group, Acta Crystallographica, C41, 827-832
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 1728-1735 [view file]
Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 845-849 [view file]
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 763-767 [view file]
Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO₄-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file]
Evsyunin V G, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A, Rastsvetaeva R K (1997) Crystal structure of triclinic lazurite, Crystallography Reports, 42, 938-945
Evsyunin V G, Rastsvetaeva R K, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A (1998) Modulated structure of orthorhombic lazurite, Crystallography Reports, 43, 999-1002
Ostroumov M, Fritsch E, Faulques E, Chauvet O (2002) Etude spectrometrique de la lazurite du Pamir, Tajikistan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 885-893 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Bolotina N B, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A, Schoenleber A, Chapuis G (2002) Average structure of cubic lazurite with a three-dimensional incommensurate modulation, Crystallography Reports, 47, 404-407
Tauson V L, Sapozhnikov A N (2003) On the nature of lazurite coloring, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 5 102-107 [view file]
Brown K L, Clark R J H (2004) The Lindisfarne Gospels and two other 8th century Anglo-Saxon/insular manuscripts: pigment identification by Raman microscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 4-12
Fleet M E, Lui X, Harmer S L, Nesbitt H W (2005) Chemical state of sulfur in natural and synthetic lazurite by S K-edge XANES and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1589-1603 [view file]

REFERENCES for Lazurite

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]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Brögger W C, Bäckström H (1891) Die mineralien der Granatgruppe, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 18, 209-276 [view file]

Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13

Hassan I, Peterson R C, Grundy H D (1985) The structure of lazurite, ideally Na₆Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)S₂, a member of the sodalite group, Acta Crystallographica, C41, 827-832

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 1728-1735 [view file]

Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 845-849 [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 763-767 [view file]

Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO₄-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file]

Evsyunin V G, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A, Rastsvetaeva R K (1997) Crystal structure of triclinic lazurite, Crystallography Reports, 42, 938-945

Evsyunin V G, Rastsvetaeva R K, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A (1998) Modulated structure of orthorhombic lazurite, Crystallography Reports, 43, 999-1002

Ostroumov M, Fritsch E, Faulques E, Chauvet O (2002) Etude spectrometrique de la lazurite du Pamir, Tajikistan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 885-893 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Bolotina N B, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A, Schoenleber A, Chapuis G (2002) Average structure of cubic lazurite with a three-dimensional incommensurate modulation, Crystallography Reports, 47, 404-407

Tauson V L, Sapozhnikov A N (2003) On the nature of lazurite coloring, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 5 102-107 [view file]

Brown K L, Clark R J H (2004) The Lindisfarne Gospels and two other 8th century Anglo-Saxon/insular manuscripts: pigment identification by Raman microscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 4-12

Fleet M E, Lui X, Harmer S L, Nesbitt H W (2005) Chemical state of sulfur in natural and synthetic lazurite by S K-edge XANES and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1589-1603 [view file]