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Thomsonite-Ca R050091

Name: Thomsonite-Ca
RRUFF ID: R050091
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O
Locality: Amudikha River, near Mirny, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radial groups of colorless bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Thomsonite (2) ]

Quick search: [ All Thomsonite-Ca samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050091.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.94◻_0.06)_Σ=1(Ca_1.71Na_0.29)_Σ=2(Si_5.35Al_4.65)O₂₀·7.09H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00456

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050091

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050091.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050091.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.0876(3)Å b: 13.0621(7)Å c: 13.2085(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2258.0(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Thomsonite-Ca
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]
Brooke H J (1820) On mesotype, needlestone, and thomsonite, Annals of Philosophy, 16, 193-194 [view file]
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file]
Wise W, Tschernich R W (1978) Habits, crystal forms and composition of thomsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 487-493 [view file]
Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99
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]
Gurbanova O A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Pekov I V, Turchkova A G (2001) Crystal structure of strontium-rich thomsonite (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk, 376, 387-390
Gatta G D, Kahlenberg V, Kaindl R, Rotiroti N, Cappelletti P, de' Gennaro M (2010) Crystal structure and low-temperature behavior of "disordered" thomsonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 495-502 [view file]

REFERENCES for Thomsonite-Ca

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]

Brooke H J (1820) On mesotype, needlestone, and thomsonite, Annals of Philosophy, 16, 193-194 [view file]

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file]

Wise W, Tschernich R W (1978) Habits, crystal forms and composition of thomsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 487-493 [view file]

Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99

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]

Gurbanova O A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Pekov I V, Turchkova A G (2001) Crystal structure of strontium-rich thomsonite (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk, 376, 387-390

Gatta G D, Kahlenberg V, Kaindl R, Rotiroti N, Cappelletti P, de' Gennaro M (2010) Crystal structure and low-temperature behavior of "disordered" thomsonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 495-502 [view file]