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Paragonite R050447

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Name: Paragonite
RRUFF ID: R050447
Ideal Chemistry: NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2
Locality: Switzerland
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Groups: [ mica (50) ] [ Clay (86) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050447.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.81K0.17Ca0.02)Al2.00(Si2.98Al0.02)O10(OH)2
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050447.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050447.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.119(2)Å    b: 8.881(5)Å    c: 19.326(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 94.57(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 875.8(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Paragonite

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]

Schaffhüutl C (1843) Chemisch-mineralogische Untersuchungen: Untersuchung einiger talkartigen Mineralien. Paragonit, Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Heidelberg, 46, 325-347   [view file]

Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571   [view file]

Zen E -A, Ross M, Bearth P (1964) Paragonite from Täsch Valley near Zermatt, Switzerland, American Mineralogist, 49, 183-190   [view file]

Grambling J A (1984) Coesxisting paragonite and quartz in sillimanitic rocks from New Mexico, American Mineralogist, 69, 79-87   [view file]

Lin C, Bailey S W (1984) The crystal structure of paragonite-2M, American Mineralogist, 69, 122-127   [view file]

Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66   [view file]

Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179   [view file]

Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (1997) Pressure dependence of structural parameters of paragonite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 24, 274-280

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912   [view file]

Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (2000) Structural thermal behavior of paragonite and its dehydroxylate: a high-temperature single-crystal study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 27, 377-385

Guidotti C V, Sassi F P, Comodi P, Zanazzi P F, Blencoe J G (2000) The contrasting responses of muscovite and paragonite to increasing pressure: petrological implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 707-712   [view file]

Roth P (2007) Paragonite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 116-117

Hernández-Haro N, Ortega-Castro J, Del Valle C P, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Sainz-Díaz C I, Hernández-Laguna A (2013) Computational study of the elastic behavior of the 2M1 muscovite-paragonite series, American Mineralogist, 98, 651-664

Hernández-Haro N, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Pérez Del Valle C, Ortega-Castro J, Sainz-Díaz C I, Garrido C J, Hernández-Laguna A (2016) Compressibility of 2M1 muscovite-paragonite series minerals: A computational study to 6 GPa, American Mineralogist, 101, 1207-1216

Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288