Tumchaite R070047

Name: Tumchaite
RRUFF ID: R070047
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁·2H₂O
Locality: Vuoriyarvi Massif, Murmansk region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105124 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fragment of a colorless vitreous crystal, co-type material. Associated with minor calcite
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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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070047

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070047.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.128(1)Å b: 8.8184(8)Å c: 7.5300(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 113.156(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 557.3(1) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Tumchaite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Subbotin V V, Merlino S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Pakhomovsky Y A, Ferro O, Bogdanova A N, Voloshin A V, Sorokhtina N V, Zubkova N V (2000) Tumchaite Na₂(Zr,Sn)Si₄O₁₁·2H₂O—a new mineral from carbonatites of the Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultrabasic massif, Murmansk Region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 85, 1516-1520 [view file]
Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020 [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