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Name: Tugtupite RRUFF ID: R050278 Ideal Chemistry: Na4BeAlSi4O12Cl Locality: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussag, Greenland Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Pink fine-grained aggregate associated with albite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Groups: [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] [ sodalite (24) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Tugtupite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050278.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, intimately mixed with albite | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.6391(2)Å b: 8.6391(2)Å c: 8.8704(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 662.04(3)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Tugtupite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 241-244 [view file] |
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Sørensen H (1962) On the occurrence of steenstrupine in the Ilímaussaq massif, Southwest Greenland, Meddelelser om Grønland, 167, 1-251 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1178-1184 [view file] |
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Danø M (1966) The crystal structure of tugtupite - a new mineral, Na8Al2Be2Si8O24(Cl,S)2, Acta Crystallographica, 20, 812-816 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Petersen O V (1978) The twin formation of tugtupite, a contribution, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 251-254 [view file] |
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Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file] |
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Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13 |
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Hassan I, Grundy H D (1991) The crystal structure and thermal expansion of tugtupite, Na8[Al2Be2Si8O24]Cl2, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 385-390 [view file] |
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Xu Z, Sherriff B L (1994) 23Na 27Al 9Be 29Si solid state NMR study of tugtupite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 935-943 [view file] |
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Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO4-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file] |
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Antao S M, Hassan I (2002) Thermal analyses of sodalite, tugtupite, danalite and helvite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 163-172 [view file] |
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Antao S M, Hassan I, Parise J B (2004) Tugtupite: high-temperature structures obtained from in situ synchrotron diffraction and Rietveld refinements, American Mineralogist, 89, 492-497 [view file] |
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Hettmann K, Wenzel T, Marks M, Markl G (2012) The sulfur speciation in S-bearing minerals: New constraints by a combination of electron microprobe analysis and DFT calculations with special reference to sodalite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1653-1661 [view file] |
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