Narsarsukite R060203
Name: Narsarsukite
RRUFF ID: R060203
Ideal Chemistry: Na2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11
Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M41218 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light tan colored transparent fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060203.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na1.24◻0.76)Σ=2(Ti0.76Fe3+0.20Al0.04)Σ=1Si4.00(O10.00F1.00)Σ=11 ; trace amounts of Zr and K
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060203
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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: R060203.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.7123(14)Å    b: 10.7123(14)Å    c: 7.9419(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 911.4(3)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Narsarsukite

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]

Flink G (1901) On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland (complete article), Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 9-180   [view file]

Flink G (1901) On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. 30. Narsarsukite, Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 154-160   [view file]

Stewart D B (1959) Narsarsukite from Sage Creek, Sweetgrass Hills, Montana, American Mineralogist, 44, 265-273   [view file]

Pyatenko Y A, Pudovkina Z V (1960) Crystal structure of narsarsukite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 5, 540-548   [view file]

Peacor D R, Buerger M J (1962) The determination and refinement of the structure of narsarsukite, Na2TiOSi4O10, American Mineralogist, 47, 539-556   [view file]

Rajasekaran K C (1966) Narsarsukite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 506-514   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Wagner C, Parodi G C, Semet M, Robert J L, Berrahma M, Velde D (1991) Crystal chemistry of narsarsukite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 575-585   [view file]

Kartashov P M (1994) Narsarsukite from fenitized rocks of Lovozero massif, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 123, issue 4 58-66   [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]