Leifite R060219


Name: Leifite
RRUFF ID: R060219
Ideal Chemistry: Na7Be2(Si15Al3)O39(F,OH)2
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M49476 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless hexagonal prism
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Leifite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060219.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060219
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060219.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.3844(4)Å    b: 14.3844(4)Å    c: 4.8721(4)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 120.°   Volume: 873.03(5)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Leifite

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]

Bøggild O B (1915) Leifit, et nyt mineral fra Narsarsuk, Meddelelser om Grønland, 51, 429-433   [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1003-1006   [view file]

Sokolova E, Huminicki D M C, Hawthorne F C, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Grew E S (2002) The crystal chemistry of telyushenkoite and leifite, ANa6[Be2Al3Si15O39F2], A = Cs, Na, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 183-192   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 251-255   [view file]

Armstrong J A, Friis H, Lieb A, Finch A A, Weller M T (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals, American Mineralogist, 95, 519-526   [view file]