R130025 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Galeite R130025

Name: Galeite
RRUFF ID: R130025
Ideal Chemistry: Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄
Locality: Searles Lake, Trona, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless hexagonal prisms with tapering pyramidal terminations, associated with gaylussite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130025

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130025.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.188(1)Å b: 12.188(1)Å c: 13.946(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1794.1(4)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Galeite
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]
Pabst A, Sawyer D L, Switzer G (1955) Galeite, a new mineral from Searles Lake, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 66, 1658-1659 [view file]
Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 671-674 [view file]
Pabst A, Sawyer D L, Switzer G (1963) Galeite and related phases in the system Na₂SO₄-NaF-NaCl, American Mineralogist, 48, 485-510 [view file]
Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Brown F H, Pabst A (1971) New data on galeite and schairerite, American Mineralogist, 56, 174-178 [view file]
Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F, Zanzari A R (1975) The crystal structure of galeite, Na₁₅(SO₄)₅F₄Cl, Mineralogical Magazine, 40, 357-361 [view file]
Avdontceva M S, Zolotarev A A, Shablinskii A P, Bocharov V N, Kasatkin A V, Krivovichev S V (2023) Galeite, Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄, and schairerite, Na₂₁(SO₄)₇ClF₆: Phase transitions, thermal expansion and thermal stability, Symmetry, 15, 1871 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Galeite

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]

Pabst A, Sawyer D L, Switzer G (1955) Galeite, a new mineral from Searles Lake, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 66, 1658-1659 [view file]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 671-674 [view file]

Pabst A, Sawyer D L, Switzer G (1963) Galeite and related phases in the system Na₂SO₄-NaF-NaCl, American Mineralogist, 48, 485-510 [view file]

Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Brown F H, Pabst A (1971) New data on galeite and schairerite, American Mineralogist, 56, 174-178 [view file]

Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F, Zanzari A R (1975) The crystal structure of galeite, Na₁₅(SO₄)₅F₄Cl, Mineralogical Magazine, 40, 357-361 [view file]

Avdontceva M S, Zolotarev A A, Shablinskii A P, Bocharov V N, Kasatkin A V, Krivovichev S V (2023) Galeite, Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄, and schairerite, Na₂₁(SO₄)₇ClF₆: Phase transitions, thermal expansion and thermal stability, Symmetry, 15, 1871 [link] [view file]