Pirssonite R070192
Name: Pirssonite
RRUFF ID: R070192
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O
Locality: Natrum, Sahara, Egypt
Source: Renato and Adriana Pagano [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless transparent hemimorphic tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070192.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
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: R070192.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.337(1)Å    b: 20.068(2)Å    c: 6.032(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1372.5(7)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Pirssonite

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]

Pratt J H (1896) On northupite; pirssonite, a new mineral; gaylussite and hanksite from Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California, American Journal of Science, 152, 123-135   [view file]

Corazza E, Sabelli C (1967) The crystal structure of pirssonite, CaNa2(CO3)2·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 763-766

Callegari A M, Boiocchi M (2013) High resolution X-ray diffraction data of pirssonite from Searles Lakes, San Bernardino County, California, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 190, 221-227