Pachnolite R070596
Name: Pachnolite
RRUFF ID: R070596
Ideal Chemistry: NaCaAlF6·H2O
Locality: Ivigtut, Arsuk, Kitaa Province, Greenland
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to colorless translucent prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R070596.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.115(2)Å    b: 10.416(1)Å    c: 15.709(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.219(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1982.5(6)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Pachnolite

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]

Knop A (1863) Ueber Pachnolith, ein neues Mineral, Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Heidelberg, 127, 61-68   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1983) The crystal structure of pachnolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 561-566   [view file]