Nesquehonite R050639
Name: Nesquehonite
RRUFF ID: R050639
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(CO3)·3H2O
Locality: Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2903 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to colorless bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050639.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Mg1.00(HCO3)(OH)ยท2H2O ; C and H not measured but estimated by difference and charge balance
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050639
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050639.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050639.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.6999(6)Å    b: 5.3634(3)Å    c: 12.1192(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.2(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 500.49(5)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Nesquehonite

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]

Genth F A, Penfield S L (1890) On lansfordite, nesquehonite, a new mineral, and pseudomorphs of nesquehonite after lansfordite, American Journal of Science, 39, 121-137   [view file]

Stephan G W, MacGillavry C H (1972) The crystal structure of nesquehonite, MgCO3·3H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1031-1033

Giester G, Lengauer C L, Rieck B (2000) The crystal structure of nesquehonite, MgCO3·3H2O, from Lavrion, Greece, Mineralogy and Petrology, 70, 153-163

Garvie L A J (2003) Decay-induced biomineralization of the saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), American Mineralogist, 88, 1879-1888   [view file]

Hales M C, Frost R L, Martens W N (2008) Thermo-Raman spectroscopy of synthetic nesquehonite - implication for the geosequestration of greenhouse gases, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 1141-1149