Lasalite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Lasalite R070476

Name: Lasalite
RRUFF ID: R070476
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Mg₂V₁₀O₂₈·20H₂O
Locality: Vanadium Queen mine, Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Source: Dakota Matrix Minerals [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Pascoite (5) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070476

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070476.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 23.85(1)Å b: 11.000(7)Å c: 17.008(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 118.26(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3930(2)Å³ 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 Lasalite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Iida A, Ozeki T (2004) Mg₂Na₂V₁₀O₂₈·20H₂O and Mg₃V₁₀O₂₈·28H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C60, i43-i46
Hughes J M, Wise W S, Gunter M E, Morton J P, Rakovan J (2008) Lasalite, Na₂Mg₂[V₁₀O₂₈]·20H₂O, a new decavanadate mineral species from the Vanadium Queen mine, La Sal District, Utah: Description, atomic arrangement, and relationship to the pascoite group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1365-1372 [view file]
Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M, Cooper M A, Kampf A R (2022) Bonding between the decavanadate polyanion and the interstitial complex in pascoite-family minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 341-359

REFERENCES for Lasalite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Iida A, Ozeki T (2004) Mg₂Na₂V₁₀O₂₈·20H₂O and Mg₃V₁₀O₂₈·28H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C60, i43-i46

Hughes J M, Wise W S, Gunter M E, Morton J P, Rakovan J (2008) Lasalite, Na₂Mg₂[V₁₀O₂₈]·20H₂O, a new decavanadate mineral species from the Vanadium Queen mine, La Sal District, Utah: Description, atomic arrangement, and relationship to the pascoite group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1365-1372 [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M, Cooper M A, Kampf A R (2022) Bonding between the decavanadate polyanion and the interstitial complex in pascoite-family minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 341-359