R060114 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Laumontite R060114

Name: Laumontite
RRUFF ID: R060114
Ideal Chemistry: CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O
Locality: Pine Creek, Tungsten mine, Bishop, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9882 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White colored elongated prismatic single-crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060114.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.00(Si_4.00Al_2.00)O₁₂·4H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060114

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060114.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.7467(8)Å b: 13.0690(6)Å c: 7.5543(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 112.039(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1349.5(2)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 Laumontite
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]
Jameson R (1805) Lomonite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 539-540 [view file]
Haüy R J (1809) Laumonite, in Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de Cristallographie et de l'Analyse Chimique Relativement á la Classification des Minéraux Courcier Paris, France 195-196 [view file]
von Leonhard K C (1821) Laumontit, in Handbuch der Oryktognosie Mohr and Winter Heidelberg, Germany 448-449 [view file]
Coombs D S (1952) Cell size, optical properties and chemical composition of laumontite and leonhardite, American Mineralogist, 37, 812-830 [view file]
Bartl H, Fischer K F (1967) Untersuchung der kristallstruktur des zeolithes laumontit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1967, 33-42
Miller B E, Ghent E D (1973) Laumontite and barian-strontian heulandite from the Blairmore Group (Cretaceous), Alberta, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 188-192 [view file]
Tomita K, Koiso M, Yamamoto M, Öba N (1979) Laumontite in an andesite from Kinzan, Satsuma-Cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 74, 443-449 [view file]
Bartl H (1990) Strukturverfeinerung van Leonhardit, Ca[Al₂Si₄O₁₂]·3H₂O, mittels N eutronenbeugung, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 298-310
Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]
Armbruster T, Kohler T (1992) Re- and dehydration of laumontite: a single crystal X-ray study at 100 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 385-397
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file]
Ståhl K, Artioli G (1993) A neutron powder diffraction study of fully deuterated laumontite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 851-856
Kiseleva I, Navrotsky A, Belitsky I A, Fursenko B A (1996) Thermochemistry of natural potassium sodium calcium leonhardite and its cation-exchanged forms, American Mineralogist, 81, 668-675 [view file]
Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]
Fridriksson T, Bish D L, Bird D K (2003) Hydrogen-bonded water in laumontite I: X-ray powder diffraction study of water site occupancy and structural changes in laumontite during room-temperature isothermal hydration/dehydration, American Mineralogist, 88, 277-287 [view file]
Zagorsky V Y, Peretyazhko I S, Dmitrieva A S (2016) Axinite-(Mn) from miarolitic granitic pegmatites of the Malkhan gem-tourmaline deposit (Transbaikalia, Russia): composition, paragenesis and conditions of formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 811-824

REFERENCES for Laumontite

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]

Jameson R (1805) Lomonite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 539-540 [view file]

Haüy R J (1809) Laumonite, in Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de Cristallographie et de l'Analyse Chimique Relativement á la Classification des Minéraux Courcier Paris, France 195-196 [view file]

von Leonhard K C (1821) Laumontit, in Handbuch der Oryktognosie Mohr and Winter Heidelberg, Germany 448-449 [view file]

Coombs D S (1952) Cell size, optical properties and chemical composition of laumontite and leonhardite, American Mineralogist, 37, 812-830 [view file]

Bartl H, Fischer K F (1967) Untersuchung der kristallstruktur des zeolithes laumontit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1967, 33-42

Miller B E, Ghent E D (1973) Laumontite and barian-strontian heulandite from the Blairmore Group (Cretaceous), Alberta, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 188-192 [view file]

Tomita K, Koiso M, Yamamoto M, Öba N (1979) Laumontite in an andesite from Kinzan, Satsuma-Cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 74, 443-449 [view file]

Bartl H (1990) Strukturverfeinerung van Leonhardit, Ca[Al₂Si₄O₁₂]·3H₂O, mittels N eutronenbeugung, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 298-310

Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]

Armbruster T, Kohler T (1992) Re- and dehydration of laumontite: a single crystal X-ray study at 100 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 385-397

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file]

Ståhl K, Artioli G (1993) A neutron powder diffraction study of fully deuterated laumontite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 851-856

Kiseleva I, Navrotsky A, Belitsky I A, Fursenko B A (1996) Thermochemistry of natural potassium sodium calcium leonhardite and its cation-exchanged forms, American Mineralogist, 81, 668-675 [view file]

Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]

Fridriksson T, Bish D L, Bird D K (2003) Hydrogen-bonded water in laumontite I: X-ray powder diffraction study of water site occupancy and structural changes in laumontite during room-temperature isothermal hydration/dehydration, American Mineralogist, 88, 277-287 [view file]

Zagorsky V Y, Peretyazhko I S, Dmitrieva A S (2016) Axinite-(Mn) from miarolitic granitic pegmatites of the Malkhan gem-tourmaline deposit (Transbaikalia, Russia): composition, paragenesis and conditions of formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 811-824