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Pollucite R050344

Name: Pollucite
RRUFF ID: R050344
Ideal Chemistry: Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O
Locality: Konar Province, Afghanistan
Source: George Rossman 2314
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Analcime (11) ]

Quick search: [ All Pollucite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050344.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cs_0.78Na_0.21Rb_0.01)_Σ=1(Si_2.13Al_0.87)_Σ=3O₆·H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050344

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050344.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050344.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.6805(1)Å b: 13.6805(1)Å c: 13.6805(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2560.40(8)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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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REFERENCES for Pollucite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1846) Pollux. (Poggendorff's), Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 69, 439-439 [view file]
Kume S, Koizumi M (1965) Synthetic pollucites in the system Cs₂O·Al₂O₃·4SiO₂—Cs₂O·Fe₂O₃·4SiO₂—H₂O— their phase relationship and physical properties, American Mineralogist, 50, 587-592
Mandarino J A, Harris D C (1965) New Canadian mineral occurrences: I. Eucryptite, pollucite, rozenite, epsomite, dawsonite, fairchildite and butschliite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 377-381 [view file]
Beger R M, Buerger M J (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The structure of pollucite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 284-285 [view file]
Beger R M (1969) The crystal structure and chemical composition of pollucite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 129, 280-302 [view file]
Černý P (1974) The present status of the analcime-pollucite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 334-341 [view file]
Martin R F, Lagache M (1975) Cell edges and infrared spectra of synthetic leucites and pollucites in the system KAlSi₂O₆ — RbAlSi₂O₆ — CsAlSi₂O₆, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 275-281 [view file]
Černý P, Simpson F M (1978) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba X. Pollucite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 325-333 [view file]
Černý P (1978) Alteration of pollucite in some pegmatites of southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 89-95 [view file]
Torres-Martinez L M, West A R (1986) New family of silicate phases with the pollucite structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 175, 1-7 [view file]
Teertstra D K, Černý P, Chapman R (1992) Compositional heterogeneity of pollucite from High Grade Dyke, Maskwa Lake, southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 687-697 [view file]
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]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Bubnova R S, Stepanov N K, Levin A A, Filatov S K, Paufler P, Meyer D C (2004) Crystal structure and thermal behaviour of boropollucite CsBSi₂O₆, Solid State Sciences, 6, 629-637
Wang R C, Hu H, Zhang A C, Huang X L, Ni P (2004) Pollucite and the cesium-dominant analogue of polylithionite as expressions of extreme Cs enrichment in the Yichun topaz-lepidolite granite, southern China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 883-896 [view file]
Presser V, Klouzková A, Mrázová, Kohoutková M, Berthold C (2008) Micro-raman spectroscopy on analcime and pollucite in comparison to X-ray diffraction, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 587-592
Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Boffa Ballaran T, Sanchez-Valle C, Pavese A (2009) Elastic behavior and phase stability of pollucite, a potential host for nuclear waste, American Mineralogist, 94, 1137-1143 [view file]
Bellatreccia F, Della Ventura G, Gatta G D, Cestelli Guidi M, Harley S (2012) Carbon dioxide in pollucite, a feldspathoid with the ideal composition (Cs,Na)₁₆Al₁₆Si₃₂O₉₆·nH₂O, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 903-911 [view file]

REFERENCES for Pollucite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1846) Pollux. (Poggendorff's), Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 69, 439-439 [view file]

Kume S, Koizumi M (1965) Synthetic pollucites in the system Cs₂O·Al₂O₃·4SiO₂—Cs₂O·Fe₂O₃·4SiO₂—H₂O— their phase relationship and physical properties, American Mineralogist, 50, 587-592

Mandarino J A, Harris D C (1965) New Canadian mineral occurrences: I. Eucryptite, pollucite, rozenite, epsomite, dawsonite, fairchildite and butschliite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 377-381 [view file]

Beger R M, Buerger M J (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The structure of pollucite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 284-285 [view file]

Beger R M (1969) The crystal structure and chemical composition of pollucite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 129, 280-302 [view file]

Černý P (1974) The present status of the analcime-pollucite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 334-341 [view file]

Martin R F, Lagache M (1975) Cell edges and infrared spectra of synthetic leucites and pollucites in the system KAlSi₂O₆ — RbAlSi₂O₆ — CsAlSi₂O₆, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 275-281 [view file]

Černý P, Simpson F M (1978) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba X. Pollucite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 325-333 [view file]

Černý P (1978) Alteration of pollucite in some pegmatites of southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 89-95 [view file]

Torres-Martinez L M, West A R (1986) New family of silicate phases with the pollucite structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 175, 1-7 [view file]

Teertstra D K, Černý P, Chapman R (1992) Compositional heterogeneity of pollucite from High Grade Dyke, Maskwa Lake, southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 687-697 [view file]

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]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Bubnova R S, Stepanov N K, Levin A A, Filatov S K, Paufler P, Meyer D C (2004) Crystal structure and thermal behaviour of boropollucite CsBSi₂O₆, Solid State Sciences, 6, 629-637

Wang R C, Hu H, Zhang A C, Huang X L, Ni P (2004) Pollucite and the cesium-dominant analogue of polylithionite as expressions of extreme Cs enrichment in the Yichun topaz-lepidolite granite, southern China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 883-896 [view file]

Presser V, Klouzková A, Mrázová, Kohoutková M, Berthold C (2008) Micro-raman spectroscopy on analcime and pollucite in comparison to X-ray diffraction, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 587-592

Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Boffa Ballaran T, Sanchez-Valle C, Pavese A (2009) Elastic behavior and phase stability of pollucite, a potential host for nuclear waste, American Mineralogist, 94, 1137-1143 [view file]

Bellatreccia F, Della Ventura G, Gatta G D, Cestelli Guidi M, Harley S (2012) Carbon dioxide in pollucite, a feldspathoid with the ideal composition (Cs,Na)₁₆Al₁₆Si₃₂O₉₆·nH₂O, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 903-911 [view file]