Important Update News
The RRUFF Project (rruff.info) is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional.
We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.
![]() |
![]() |
Name: Penkvilksite RRUFF ID: R130027 Ideal Chemistry: Na2TiSi4O11·2H2O Locality: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Don Doell DD 13-01 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Powdery white aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
REFERENCES for Penkvilksite | |
---|---|
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] |
|
Bussen I V, Men'shikov Y P, Mer'kov A M, Nedorezova A P, Uspenskaya E I, Khomyakov A P (1974) Penkvilksite, a new hydrous silicate of titanium and sodium, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 217, 1161-1164 [view file] |
|
Fleischer M (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 340-341 [view file] |
|
Merlino S, Pasero M, Artioli G, Khomyakov A P (1994) Penkvilksite, a new kind of silicate structure: OD character, X-ray single-crystal (1M), and powder Rietveld (2O) refinements of two MDO polytypes, American Mineralogist, 79, 1185-1193 [view file] |
|
Sherriff B L, Zhou B (2004) 29Si and 23Na MAS NMR spectroscopic study of the polytypes of the titanosilicate penkvilksite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1027-1035 [view file] |
|
Cadoni M, Ferraris G (2008) Penkvilksite-2O: Na2TiSi4O11*2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C64, 87-90 |
|
|