Eliseevite R130075


Name: Eliseevite
RRUFF ID: R130075
Ideal Chemistry: Na1.5Li{Ti2O2[Si4O10.5(OH)1.5]}·2H2O
Locality: Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Source: Sergey V. Krivovichev
Owner: Sergey V. Krivovichev
Description: Colorless to pale creamy transparent long-prismatic crystals. Associated with albite, analcime, catapleiite, chabazite-Ca, gmelinite-K, manganoneptunite, microcline, murmanite, and an ussingite. Data from Yakovenchuk et al (2011)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R130075.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na1.51K0.01Ca0.01)Σ=1.53Li0.98[(Ti1.89Nb0.03Fe3+0.01Al0.01)Σ=1.94Si4O12.26(OH)1.74]∙2.12H2O
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R130075
Sample Description: IR Sample
Instrument settings: Nicolet 6700 FTIR spectrometer
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130075.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 27.483(12)Å    b: 8.669(4)Å    c: 5.246(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.782(8)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1249.7(9)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Eliseevite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2010) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 5. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2010, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 859-862   [view file]

Yakovenchuk V N, Ivanyuk G Y, Krivovichev S V, Pakhomovsky Y A, Selivanova E A, Korchak J A, Men'shikov Y P, Drogobuzhskaya S V, Zalkind O A (2011) Eliseevite, Na1.5Li[Ti2Si4O12.5(OH)1.5]·2H2O, a new microporous titanosilicate from the Lovozero alkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia), American Mineralogist, 96, 1624-1629   [view file]