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Mesolite R040139

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Name: Mesolite
RRUFF ID: R040139
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O
Locality: Lake Superior beach, 41 miles north of Tofte, Minnesota, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9618 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of white radiating thin acicular crystals.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ]
Quick search: [ All Mesolite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040139.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.95Ca1.89(Si9.21Al5.82)O30·8H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented perpendicular to fiber axis with fibers parallel to feducial mark, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00494
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RRUFF ID: R040139
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040139.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040139.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 18.408(2)Å    b: 56.605(8)Å    c: 6.544(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 6819(1)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Mesolite

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]

Haüy R J (1801) Mésotype, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 151-160   [view file]

Gehlen A F, Fuchs J N (1813) Ueber Werner's Zeolith, Hauy's Mesotype und Stilbite, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 8, 353-366   [view file]

Nawaz R, Malone J F, Din V K (1985) Pseudomesolite is mesolite, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 103-105   [view file]

Artioli G (1986) X-ray structure refinement of mesolite, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 937-942

Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolite–mesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470   [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Goryainov S V, Belitsky I A (1995) Raman spectroscopy of water tracer diffusion of zeolite single crystals, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 22, 443-452   [link]

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]

Stuckenschmidt E, Kirfel A (2000) Zeolites of NAT topology: Structure refinement of mesolite from single crystal X-ray data and comparison with the structures of natrolite and scolecite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 571-579