,32.2531,-110.948 R060208 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Catapleiite R060208

Name: Catapleiite
RRUFF ID: R060208
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M49584 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless transparent thin tabular pseudohexagonal crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Catapleiite (3) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060208.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Na_2.00Zr_1.00Si_3.00O₉·2H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

M01569

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -c* (0 0 -1). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to a [1 0 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060208

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060208.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.7577(6)Å b: 7.4070(3)Å c: 20.1267(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.256(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1901.9(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Catapleiite
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]
Weibye P H, Berlin N J, Sjogren K A, Borck J B (1850) Neue Mineralien aus Norwegen, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 79, 299-304 [view file]
Flink G (1893) Om några mineral från Grönland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 15, 195-208 [view file]
Foshag W F (1923) Catapleiite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 8, 70-72 [view file]
Pendlebury G B (1964) Catapleiite from St. Hilaire mountain, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 120-121 [view file]
Chao G Y (1973) The crystal structure of catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 572-572 [view file]
Chen T T (1973) Twinning in catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 573-574 [view file]
Ilyushin G D, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Nevskii N N, Belov N V (1981) Crystal structure of natural monoclinic catapleiite, Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O, Soviet Physics Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 260, 623-627 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Catapleiite

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]

Weibye P H, Berlin N J, Sjogren K A, Borck J B (1850) Neue Mineralien aus Norwegen, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 79, 299-304 [view file]

Flink G (1893) Om några mineral från Grönland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 15, 195-208 [view file]

Foshag W F (1923) Catapleiite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 8, 70-72 [view file]

Pendlebury G B (1964) Catapleiite from St. Hilaire mountain, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 120-121 [view file]

Chao G Y (1973) The crystal structure of catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 572-572 [view file]

Chen T T (1973) Twinning in catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 573-574 [view file]

Ilyushin G D, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Nevskii N N, Belov N V (1981) Crystal structure of natural monoclinic catapleiite, Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O, Soviet Physics Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 260, 623-627 [link] [view file]