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Ashcroftine-(Y) R110189

Name: Ashcroftine-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R110189
Ideal Chemistry: K₅Na₅Y₁₂Si₂₈O₇₀(OH)₂(CO₃)₈·8H₂O
Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of pink fibrous crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110189

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110189.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 24.108(3)Å b: 24.108(3)Å c: 17.470(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 10154(2)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ashcroftine-(Y)
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]
Flett J S (1933) Proceedings of Societies: Mineralogical society of Great Britain and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 18, 77-78 [view file]
Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 358-359 [view file]
Hey M H, Bannister F A (1933) Studies on the zeolites. Part IV. Ashcroftine (kalithomsonite of S.G. Gordon), Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 305-308 [view file]
Moore P B, Bennett J M, Louisnathan S J (1969) Ashcroftine is not a zeolite!, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 515-517 [view file]
Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file]
Moore P B, Sen Gupta P K, Schlemper E O, Merlino S (1987) Ashcroftine, ca. K₁₀Na₁₀(Y,Ca)₂₄(OH)₄(CO₃)₁₆(Si₅₆O₁₄₀)·16H₂O, a structure with enormous polyanions, American Mineralogist, 72, 1176-1189 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ashcroftine-(Y)

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]

Flett J S (1933) Proceedings of Societies: Mineralogical society of Great Britain and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 18, 77-78 [view file]

Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 358-359 [view file]

Hey M H, Bannister F A (1933) Studies on the zeolites. Part IV. Ashcroftine (kalithomsonite of S.G. Gordon), Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 305-308 [view file]

Moore P B, Bennett J M, Louisnathan S J (1969) Ashcroftine is not a zeolite!, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 515-517 [view file]

Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file]

Moore P B, Sen Gupta P K, Schlemper E O, Merlino S (1987) Ashcroftine, ca. K₁₀Na₁₀(Y,Ca)₂₄(OH)₄(CO₃)₁₆(Si₅₆O₁₄₀)·16H₂O, a structure with enormous polyanions, American Mineralogist, 72, 1176-1189 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]