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Glauberite R050350

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Name: Glauberite
RRUFF ID: R050350
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(SO4)2
Locality: Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless tabular crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050350.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.90Ca1.15(S.99O4)2
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050350
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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: R050350.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050350.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.135(1)Å    b: 8.3046(8)Å    c: 8.539(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 112.21(2)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 665.3(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Glauberite

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]

Brongniart A (1808) Sur une nouvelle espèce de minéral de la classe des sels, nommée glauberite, Journal des Mines, 23, 5-20   [view file]

Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124   [view file]

Cocco G, Corazza E, Sabelli C (1965) The crystal structure of glauberite, CaNa2(SO4)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 122, 175-184   [view file]

Araki T, Zoltai T (1967) Refinement of the crystal structure of a glauberite, American Mineralogist, 52, 1272-1277   [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18   [view file]