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

Northupite R060156

Name: Northupite
RRUFF ID: R060156
Ideal Chemistry: Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
Locality: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gray octahedron
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060156.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_2.98Ca_0.02)_Σ=3Mg_1.00(CO₃)₂Cl_1.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060156

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060156.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.0546(1)Å b: 14.0546(1)Å c: 14.0546(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2776.25(8) Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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 Northupite
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]
Penfield S L, Jamieson C S (1905) Ueber tychit, ein neues mineral vom Borax in Californien, seine kunstliche darstellung und seine beziehungen zum northupit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 41, 235-242
Penfield S L, Jamieson G S (1905) On tychite, a new mineral from Borax Lake, California, and on its artificial production and its relations to northupite, American Journal of Science, 20, 217-224 [view file]
Watanabé T (1933) Les structures cristallines de la northupite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃2NaCl et de la tychite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃Na₂SO₄, Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 21, 40-62 [view file]
dal Negro A, Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of northupite: Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 158-163
Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 1516-1522

REFERENCES for Northupite

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]

Penfield S L, Jamieson C S (1905) Ueber tychit, ein neues mineral vom Borax in Californien, seine kunstliche darstellung und seine beziehungen zum northupit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 41, 235-242

Penfield S L, Jamieson G S (1905) On tychite, a new mineral from Borax Lake, California, and on its artificial production and its relations to northupite, American Journal of Science, 20, 217-224 [view file]

Watanabé T (1933) Les structures cristallines de la northupite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃2NaCl et de la tychite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃Na₂SO₄, Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 21, 40-62 [view file]

dal Negro A, Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of northupite: Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 158-163

Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 1516-1522