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Sarcolite R070688
Name: Sarcolite
RRUFF ID: R070688
Ideal Chemistry: Na4Ca12Al8Si12O46(SiO4,PO4)(OH,H2O)4(CO3,Cl)
Locality: Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S101470
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Rounded colorless crystals associated with orange gehlenite and black augite
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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RRUFF ID: R070688
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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: R070688.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.325(3)Å    b: 12.325(3)Å    c: 15.447(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2346.4(9)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sarcolite

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]

Vauquelin L N (1807) Analyse comparée de l'analcime de M. Hauy et de la sarcolite de M. Tompson, Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 9, 241-250   [view file]

Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tadini C (1977) The crystal structure of sarcolite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 1-21

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 241-245   [view file]

Livingstone A (1984) Fluorine in sarcolite: additional history and new chemical data, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 107-112   [view file]

Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441   [view file]

Maras A, Paris E (1987) The crystal chemistry of sarcolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 731-737   [view file]