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Name: Glaucophane RRUFF ID: R050333 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Cazadero, Sonoma County, California, USA Source: California Institute of Technology W-204 Owner: RRUFF Description: Blackish-blue fibrous aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Glaucophane samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050333.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.560(1)Å b: 17.762(3)Å c: 5.3045(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 103.599(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 875.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Glaucophane | |
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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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Hausmann J F L (1845) Beiträge zur Oryktographie von Syra, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 1845, 238–241 [view file] |
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Borg I Y (1967) Optical properties and cell parameters in the glaucophane-riebeckite series, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 15, 67-92 [view file] |
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Papike J J, Clark J R, (1968) The crystal structure and cation distribution of glaucophane, American Mineralogist, 53, 1156-1173 |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Huang E P (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of amphiboles, Doctoral Dissertation, 1, 1-138 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Associations 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1355-1362 [view file] |
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Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file] |
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Jenkins D M, Ventura G D, Orberti R, Bozhilov K (2013) Synthesis and characterization of amphiboles along the tremolite-glaucophane join, American Mineralogist, 98, 588-600 |
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Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171 |
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Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712 |
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Howe H, Pawley A R, Welch M D (2018) Sodium amphibole in the post-glaucophane high-pressure domain: The role of eckermannite, American Mineralogist, 103, 989-992 |
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Vigliaturo R, Elkassas S M, Ventura G, Redhammer G, Ruiz-Zepeda F, O’Shea M J, Drasic G, Gieré R (2021) Multi-scale characterization of glaucophane from Chiavolino (Biella, Italy): implications for international regulations on elongate mineral particles, European Journal of Mineralogy, 33, 77-112 |
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Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312 |
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