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Name: Davyne RRUFF ID: R140771 Ideal Chemistry: [(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)] Locality: Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless, associated with calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ cancrinite (11) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Davyne samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140771.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.780(4)Å b: 12.780(4)Å c: 5.351(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 756.90(9)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Davyne | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Monticelli T, Covelli N (1825) Davina (Davyne), in Prodromo della Mineralogia Vesuviana, Volume 1 Napoli 405-421 [view file] |
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Pauling L (1930) The structure of some sodium and calcium aluminosilicates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 16, 453-459 [view file] |
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Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13 |
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Bonaccorsi E, Merlino S, Pasero M (1990) Davyne: its structural relationships with cancrinite and vishnevite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 97-112 |
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Hassan I, Grundy H D (1990) Structure of davyne and implications for stacking faults, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 341-349 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1431-1437 [view file] |
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Hassan I, Buseck P R (1992) The origin of the superstructure and modulations in cancrinite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 49-59 [view file] |
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Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO4-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file] |
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Ballirano P, Bonaccorsi E, Merlino S, Maras A (1998) Carbonate groups in davyne: structural and crystal-chemical considerations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1285-1292 [view file] |
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Bonaccorsi E, Orlandi P (2003) Marinellite, a new feldspathoid of the cancrinite-sodalite group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 1019-1027 [view file] |
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Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2009) Crystal structures of oxalate-bearing cancrinite with an unusual arrangement of CO3 groups and sulfate-rich davyne, Crystallography Reports, 54, 793-799 |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Olysych L V, Zubkova N V, Vigasina M F, (2011) Crystal chemistry of cancrinite-group minerals with an AB-type framework: A review and new data. II. IR spectroscopy and its crystal-chemical implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1151-1164 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Olysych L V, Chukanov N V, Zubkova N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Van K, Giester G, Tillmanns E (2011) Crystal chemistry of cancrinite-group minerals with an AB-type framework: A review and new data. I. Chemical and structural variations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1129-1150 [view file] |
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Diego Gatta G, Lotti P (2016) Cancrinite-group minerals: Crystal-chemical description and properties under non-ambient conditions - A review, American Mineralogist, 101, 253-265 |
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