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Natrolite R050589

Name: Natrolite
RRUFF ID: R050589
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Bob Downs
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to colorless prismatic crystals associated with aegirine
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ]

Quick search: [ All Natrolite samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050589.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Na_2.00(Si_3.00Al_2.00)O₁₀·2H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050589

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:

R050589.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050589.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.2951(3)Å b: 18.6259(4)Å c: 6.5862(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2244.36(7)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Natrolite
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]
Klaproth M H (1803) Chemische Untersuchung des Natroliths, Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften, 4, 243-248 [view file]
Pauling L (1930) The structure of some sodium and calcium aluminosilicates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 16, 453-459 [view file]
Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 919-921 [view file]
Meier W M (1960) The crystal structure of natrolite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 113, 430-444 [view file]
Gabuda S P, Lundin A G, Mikhailov G M, Aleksandrov K S (1963) The position of hydrogen atoms in natrolite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 305-307 [view file]
Alberti A, Vezzalini G (1983) How the structure of natrolite is modified through the heating-induced dehydration, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 135-144
Pechar F, Rykl D (1983) Study of the vibrational spectra of natural natrolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 689-695 [view file]
Baur W H, Kassner D, Kim C, Sieber N H W (1990) Flexibility and distortion of the framework of natrolite: crystal structures of ion-exchanged natrolites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 761-769
Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen IG, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 799-807
Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolite–mesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470 [view file]
Alberti A, Cruciani G, Dauru I (1995) Order-disorder in natrolite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 501-508
Goryainov S V, Belitsky I A (1995) Raman spectroscopy of water tracer diffusion of zeolite single crystals, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 22, 443-452 [link]
Joswig W, Baur W H (1995) The extreme collapse of a framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of a metanatrolite (dehydrated natrolite) at 548K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 26-38
Baur W H, Joswig W (1996) The phases of natrolite occurring during dehydration and rehydration studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods between room temperature and 923 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1996, 171-187
Stuckenschmidt E, Joswig W, Baur W H (1996) Flexibility and distortion of the collapsible framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of H₃O-natrolite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 85-92
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]
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Seryotkin Y V, Bakakin V V, Fursenko B A, Belitsky I A, Joswig W, Radaelli P G (2005) Structural evolution of natrolite during over-hydration: a high-pressure neutron diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 305-313
Wang H, Bish D L (2008) A PH₂O-dependent structural phase transition in the zeolite natrolite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1191-1194 [view file]
Liu D, Liu Z, Lee Y, Seoung D, Lee Y (2012) Spectroscopic characterization of alkali-metal exchanged natrolites, American Mineralogist, 97, 419-424 [view file]
Hwang H, Seoung D, Gatta G D, Blom D A, Vogt T, Lee Y (2015) Topotactic and reconstructive changes at high pressures and temperatures from Cs-natrolite to Cs-hexacelsian, American Mineralogist, 100, 1562-1567
Lee Y, Ahn D, Vogt T, Lee Y (2017) Dehydration studies of natrolites: Role of monovalent extra-framework cations and degree of hydration, American Mineralogist, 102, 1462-1469

REFERENCES for Natrolite

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]

Klaproth M H (1803) Chemische Untersuchung des Natroliths, Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften, 4, 243-248 [view file]

Pauling L (1930) The structure of some sodium and calcium aluminosilicates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 16, 453-459 [view file]

Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 919-921 [view file]

Meier W M (1960) The crystal structure of natrolite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 113, 430-444 [view file]

Gabuda S P, Lundin A G, Mikhailov G M, Aleksandrov K S (1963) The position of hydrogen atoms in natrolite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 305-307 [view file]

Alberti A, Vezzalini G (1983) How the structure of natrolite is modified through the heating-induced dehydration, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 135-144

Pechar F, Rykl D (1983) Study of the vibrational spectra of natural natrolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 689-695 [view file]

Baur W H, Kassner D, Kim C, Sieber N H W (1990) Flexibility and distortion of the framework of natrolite: crystal structures of ion-exchanged natrolites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 761-769

Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen IG, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 799-807

Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolite–mesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470 [view file]

Alberti A, Cruciani G, Dauru I (1995) Order-disorder in natrolite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 501-508

Goryainov S V, Belitsky I A (1995) Raman spectroscopy of water tracer diffusion of zeolite single crystals, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 22, 443-452 [link]

Joswig W, Baur W H (1995) The extreme collapse of a framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of a metanatrolite (dehydrated natrolite) at 548K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 26-38

Baur W H, Joswig W (1996) The phases of natrolite occurring during dehydration and rehydration studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods between room temperature and 923 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1996, 171-187

Stuckenschmidt E, Joswig W, Baur W H (1996) Flexibility and distortion of the collapsible framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of H₃O-natrolite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 85-92

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]

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Seryotkin Y V, Bakakin V V, Fursenko B A, Belitsky I A, Joswig W, Radaelli P G (2005) Structural evolution of natrolite during over-hydration: a high-pressure neutron diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 305-313

Wang H, Bish D L (2008) A PH₂O-dependent structural phase transition in the zeolite natrolite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1191-1194 [view file]

Liu D, Liu Z, Lee Y, Seoung D, Lee Y (2012) Spectroscopic characterization of alkali-metal exchanged natrolites, American Mineralogist, 97, 419-424 [view file]

Hwang H, Seoung D, Gatta G D, Blom D A, Vogt T, Lee Y (2015) Topotactic and reconstructive changes at high pressures and temperatures from Cs-natrolite to Cs-hexacelsian, American Mineralogist, 100, 1562-1567

Lee Y, Ahn D, Vogt T, Lee Y (2017) Dehydration studies of natrolites: Role of monovalent extra-framework cations and degree of hydration, American Mineralogist, 102, 1462-1469