Wilancookite R100091
Name: Wilancookite
RRUFF ID: R100091
Ideal Chemistry: (Ba5Li2◻)Ba6Be24P24O96·26H2O
Locality: Lavra Ponte do Piauí complex granitic pegmatite, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Luiz Menezes
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless dodecahedra on mica, type sample
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100091
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100091.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.482(1) Å    b: 13.482(1) Å    c: 13.482(1) Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2450.5(6)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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REFERENCES for Wilancookite

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 27. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1223-1230   [view file]

Hatert F, Philippo S, Ottolini L, Dal Bo F, Scholz R, Chaves M L S C, Yang H, Downs R T, Menezes L A D (2017) Wilancookite, (Ba,K,Na)8(Ba,Li,◻)6Be24P24O96·32H2O, a new beryllophosphate with a zeolite framework, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 923-930   [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2018) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 103, 2036-2048   [view file]

Hatert F, Dal Bo F, Bruni Y, Meisser N, Vignola P, Risplendente A, Châtenet F X, Lebocey J (2020) Limousinite, BaCa[Be4P4O16]·6H2O, a new beryllophosphate mineral with a phillipsite-type framework, The Canadian Mineralogist, 58, 815-827   [view file]