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Zektzerite R070485
Name: Zektzerite
RRUFF ID: R070485
Ideal Chemistry: NaLiZrSi6O15
Locality: Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Source: Michael Scott S103063 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale pink to colorless hexagonal prismatic crystal fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070485.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00Li1.00(Zr0.97Ti0.02Hf0.01)Σ=1Si6.00O15; trace amounts of Al and Fe; Li2O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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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: R070485.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.3212(3)Å    b: 17.3469(3)Å    c: 10.1578(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2523.48(7)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Zektzerite

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]

Dunn P J, Rouse R C, Cannon B, Nelen J A (1977) Zektzerite: a new lithium sodium zirconium silicate related to tuhualite and the osumilite group, American Mineralogist, 62, 416-420   [view file]

Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284   [view file]

Ghose S, Wan C (1978) Zektzerite, NaLiZrSi6O15: a silicate with six-tetrahedral-repeat double chains, American Mineralogist, 63, 304-310   [view file]