Raslakite R070071
Name: Raslakite
RRUFF ID: R070071
Ideal Chemistry: Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)Si25O73(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)
Locality: Raslak Cirques, near Kedybverpahkh Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105054 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive, orange anhedral grains exhibiting conchoidal fracture, co-type material
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070071.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070071.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.218(1)Å    b: 14.218(1)Å    c: 30.126(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 5274(1)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Raslakite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Ekimenkova I A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2000) Ordering of calcium and iron in a mineral of the eudialyte group with the symmetry R3, Doklady Chemistry, 374, 195-198

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Korovushkin V V, Ekimenkova I A, Rastsvetaeva R K (2003) Ikranite (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE)6Fe3+2Zr3(◻,Zr)(◻,Si)Si24O66(O,OH)6Cl·nH2O and raslakite Na15Ca3Fe3(NaZr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)2(Cl,OH) - the new eudialyte-group minerals from Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 5 22-33   [view file]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624   [view file]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802   [view file]

Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1826-1834   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 921-945   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497   [view file]

Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34