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Heulandite-Ca R060465

Name: Heulandite-Ca
RRUFF ID: R060465
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O
Locality: Garrawilla, near Gunnadah, New South Wales, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100214 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange fan of platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Heulandite (13) ]

Quick search: [ All Heulandite-Ca samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060465.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.66Na_0.24K_0.10)₅(Si_0.77Al_0.23)₃₆O₇₂·24H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

M01415

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060465

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060465.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 17.691(2)Å b: 17.963(3)Å c: 7.4190(5)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 116.479(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2110.4(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Heulandite-Ca
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 [view file]
Alberti A (1972) On the crystal structure of the zeolite heulandite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 129-146
Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99
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]
Yang P, Stolz J, Armbruster T, Gunter M E (1997) Na, K, Rb, and Cs exchange in heulandite single crystals: diffusion kinetics, American Mineralogist, 82, 517-525 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]
Akizuki M, Kudoh Y, Nakamura S (1999) Growth texture and symmetry of heulandite-Ca from Poona, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1307-1312 [view file]
Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2001) High-pressure structural behaviour of heulandite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 497-505

REFERENCES for Heulandite-Ca

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 [view file]

Alberti A (1972) On the crystal structure of the zeolite heulandite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 129-146

Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99

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]

Yang P, Stolz J, Armbruster T, Gunter M E (1997) Na, K, Rb, and Cs exchange in heulandite single crystals: diffusion kinetics, American Mineralogist, 82, 517-525 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]

Akizuki M, Kudoh Y, Nakamura S (1999) Growth texture and symmetry of heulandite-Ca from Poona, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1307-1312 [view file]

Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2001) High-pressure structural behaviour of heulandite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 497-505