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Shortite R040184

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Name: Shortite
RRUFF ID: R040184
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Locality: Green River, Wyoming, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1750 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless single crystal fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040184.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na1.47Ca0.27◻0.26)Σ=2Ca2.00(CO3)3
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00189
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R040184
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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: R040184.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040184.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.9565(3)Å    b: 11.0438(3)Å    c: 7.1184(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 389.65(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Shortite

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]

Fahey J J (1939) Shortite, a new carbonate of sodium and calcium, American Mineralogist, 24, 514-518   [view file]

Wickman F E (1950) The crystal structure of shortite, Ca2Na2(CO3)3, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 1, 95-101

Milton C, Axelrod J M, Grimaldi F S (1955) New minerals, reedmergnerite (Na2O·B2O3·6SiO2) and eitelite (Na2O·MgO·2CO2) associated with leucosphenite, shortite, searlesite, and crocidolite in the Green River formation, Utah, American Mineralogist, 40, 326-327   [view file]

Dickens B, Hyman A, Brown W E (1971) Crystal structure of Ca2Na2(CO3)3 (shortite), Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards - A. Physics and Chemistry, 75A, 129-135

Shatskiy A, Gavryushkin P N, Litasov K D, Koroleva O N, Kupriyanov I N, Borzdov Y M, Sharygin I S, Funakoshi K, Palyanov Y N, Ohtani E (2015) Na-Ca carbonates synthesized under upper-mantle conditions: Raman spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 175-184