Chkalovite R060682
Name: Chkalovite
RRUFF ID: R060682
Ideal Chemistry: Na2BeSi2O6
Locality: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S101378 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless coarse granular mass
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Cristobalite (11) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060682.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na2.00Be1.00Si2.00O6; Be estimated by difference and stoichiometry
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: R060682.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 21.107(1)Å    b: 6.8745(2)Å    c: 21.156(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 3069.7(0)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 Chkalovite

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]

Gerasimovsky V I (1939) Chkalovite, Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS, 22, 259-263   [view file]

Foshag W F (1940) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 25, 380-380   [view file]

Pyatenko Y A, Bokii G B, Belov N V (1956) The X-ray analysis of the crystal structure of chkalovite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 108, 1077-1080   [view file]

Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov, N V (1975) Utochnennaya kristallicheskaya struktura chkalovita Na2Be[Si2O6], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 225, 1319-1322   [view file]

Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1975) Refined crystal structure of chkalovite Na2Be[Si2O6], Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 805-807   [view file]