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

Magadiite R060994

Name: Magadiite
RRUFF ID: R060994
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Si₁₄O₂₉·11H₂O
Locality: Trinity Lake, Trinity County, California, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White compacted fine-grained silt
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060994.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060994

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060994.1

Sample Description:

powder

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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	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Magadiite
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]
Eugster H P (1967) Hydrous sodium silicates from Lake Magadi, Kenya: Precursors of bedded chert, Science, 157, 1177-1180
Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]
McAtee J L, House R, Eugster H P (1968) Magadiite from Trinity County, California, American Mineralogist, 53, 2061-2069 [view file]
Lagaly G, Beneke K, Weiss A (1975) Magadiite and H-magadiite: I. sodium magadiite and some of its derivatives, American Mineralogist, 60, 642-649 [view file]
Garcés J M, Rocke S C, Crowder C E, Hasha D L (1988) Hypothetical structures of magadiite and sodium octosilicate and structural relationships between the layered alkali metal silicates and the mordenite- and pentasil-group zeolites, Clays and Clay Minerals, 36, 409-418

REFERENCES for Magadiite

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]

Eugster H P (1967) Hydrous sodium silicates from Lake Magadi, Kenya: Precursors of bedded chert, Science, 157, 1177-1180

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]

McAtee J L, House R, Eugster H P (1968) Magadiite from Trinity County, California, American Mineralogist, 53, 2061-2069 [view file]

Lagaly G, Beneke K, Weiss A (1975) Magadiite and H-magadiite: I. sodium magadiite and some of its derivatives, American Mineralogist, 60, 642-649 [view file]

Garcés J M, Rocke S C, Crowder C E, Hasha D L (1988) Hypothetical structures of magadiite and sodium octosilicate and structural relationships between the layered alkali metal silicates and the mordenite- and pentasil-group zeolites, Clays and Clay Minerals, 36, 409-418