) R060855 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Natrosilite R060855

Name: Natrosilite
RRUFF ID: R060855
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Si₂O₅
Locality: Kedgkverpahk Mountain, Kovoeko Massif, Kola, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100987 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless platy fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060855.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060855

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060855.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.336(4)Å b: 4.849(1)Å c: 8.118(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.40(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 470.3(1)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.

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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Natrosilite
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]
Morey G W (1914) New crystalline silicates of potassium and sodium, their preparation and general properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 36, 215-230 [view file]
Grund A (1954) La structure cristalline du disilicate de soude β-Na₂Si₂O₅, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 77, 775-785 [view file]
Pant A K (1968) A reconsideration of the crystal structure of β-Na₂Si₂O₅, Acta Crystallographica, B24, 1077-1083
Timoshenkov I M, Men´shikov Y P, Gannibal L F, Bussen I V (1975) A natural sodium silicate, natrosilite, from the Lovozero massif, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 104, issue 3 317-321 [view file]
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 338-341 [view file]
Beneke K, Thiesen P, Lagaly G (1990) Synthesis and properties of the sodium lithium silicate silinaite, Inorganic Chemistry, 34, 900-907 [view file]
Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Pushcharovsky D Y (2014) A review of crystal chemistry of natural silicates of alkaline elements in the light of new structural data, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 253-265 [view file]

REFERENCES for Natrosilite

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]

Morey G W (1914) New crystalline silicates of potassium and sodium, their preparation and general properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 36, 215-230 [view file]

Grund A (1954) La structure cristalline du disilicate de soude β-Na₂Si₂O₅, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 77, 775-785 [view file]

Pant A K (1968) A reconsideration of the crystal structure of β-Na₂Si₂O₅, Acta Crystallographica, B24, 1077-1083

Timoshenkov I M, Men´shikov Y P, Gannibal L F, Bussen I V (1975) A natural sodium silicate, natrosilite, from the Lovozero massif, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 104, issue 3 317-321 [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 338-341 [view file]

Beneke K, Thiesen P, Lagaly G (1990) Synthesis and properties of the sodium lithium silicate silinaite, Inorganic Chemistry, 34, 900-907 [view file]

Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Pushcharovsky D Y (2014) A review of crystal chemistry of natural silicates of alkaline elements in the light of new structural data, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 253-265 [view file]