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Name: Dawsonite RRUFF ID: R050645 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 Locality: Cerro Sapo, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: White fibrous aggregates associated with blue sodalite on pale green ankerite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Dawsonite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050645.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 6.755(3)Å b: 10.416(4)Å c: 5.578(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 392.5(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Dawsonite | |
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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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Harrington B J (1874) Notes on dawsonite, a new carbonate, The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, 7, 305-309 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Harris D C (1965) New Canadian mineral occurrences: I. Eucryptite, pollucite, rozenite, epsomite, dawsonite, fairchildite and butschliite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 377-381 [view file] |
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Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1965) Shorter communications: The petrology of dawsonite at the type locality, Montreal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 249-252 [view file] |
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Frueh A J, Golightly J P (1967) The crystal structure of dawsonite NaAl(CO3)(OH)2, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 51-56 [view file] |
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Kwon S W, Kim B H, Ishikawa H (1971) The conditions of formation of dawsonite and its crystal structure, Journal of the Chemical Society of Japan, 74, 2411-2411 |
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Corazza E, Sabelli C, Vannucci S (1977) Dawsonite: new mineralogical data and structure refinement, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1977, 381-397 |
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Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1977) Dawsonite-fluorite relationships at Montreal-area localities, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 117-120 [view file] |
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Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1978) Contrasting dawsonite occurrences from Mont St-Bruno, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 471-474 [view file] |
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Serna C J, García-Ramos J V, Peña M J (1985) Vibrational study of dawsonite type compounds MAl(OH)2CO3 (M = Na, K, NH4), Spectrochimica Acta, 41A, 697-702 |
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Chinh L T, Pobedimskaya E A, Khomyakov A P (1987) Crystal structure of dawsonite, NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 and its first discovery in the Khibiny alkaline massiv, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 42, 74-77 |
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Ferrini V, Martarelli L, De Vito C, Çina A, Deda T (2003) The Koman dawsonite and realgar-orpiment deposit, northern Albania: inferences on processes of formation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 413-427 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Bouzaid J M (2007) Raman spectroscopy of dawsonite NaAl(CO3)(OH)2, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 873-879 |
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Lodziana Z, Stoica G, Pérez-Ramírez J (2011) Reevaluation of the structure and fundamental physical properties of dawsonites by DFT studies, Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 2590-2598 |
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Comerio M, Morosi M E, Tunik M, Paredes J M, Zalba P E (2014) The role of telogenetic injection of magmatically derived CO2 in the formation of dawsonite from the Castillo Formation, Chubut Group, Patagonia, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 513-531 |
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Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397 |
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