Tsepinite-Na R070241
Name: Tsepinite-Na
RRUFF ID: R070241
Ideal Chemistry: (Na,H3O,K,Sr,Ba,◻)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O
Locality: Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt. (Lepkhe-Nelm Mt.), Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100450 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Subparallel pale tan prismatic crystals with vitreous luster
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ labuntsovite (11) ]
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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: R070241.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.491(2)Å    b: 14.206(2)Å    c: 7.898(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 117.18(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1446.4(3)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 Tsepinite-Na

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Nekrasov A N (1999) Labuntsovite: Solid solutions and features of the crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 901-910   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Organova N I, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Shlyukova Z V, Chukanov N V (2000) Crystal structure of an oxonium mineral of the nenadkevichite-labuntsovite group from the Khibiny Massif, Doklady Chemistry, 371, 52-56

Khomyakov A P, Nechelyustov G N, Ferraris G, Gula A, Ivaldi G (2001) Labuntsovite-Fe and labuntsovite-Mg- two new minerals from the Khibina and Kovdor alkaline massifs, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 4 36-45   [view file]

Shlyukova Z V, Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Organova N I, Zadov A E (2001) Tsepinite-Na (Na,H3O,K,Sr,Ba)2(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2·3H2O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 3 43-50   [view file]

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Khomyakov A P (2002) Recommended nomeclature for labuntsovite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 165-173   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 1731-1735   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2002) X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy study of labuntsovite-group minerals, Crystallography Reports, 47, 939-945   [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]