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Stellerite R040174

Name: Stellerite
RRUFF ID: R040174
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O
Locality: unknown
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10105 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Parallel aggregates of thin tabular brown crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Stilbite (7) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040174.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_3.89Na_0.06K_0.05)_Σ=4(Si_28.11Al_7.89)O₇₂·15.18H₂O; H₂O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00419

Orientation:

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

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040174

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040174.1

Sample Description:

NEW INFRARED RECORD

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R010174.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.5957(7)Å b: 18.1769(6)Å c: 17.840(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 89.89(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 4408.8(4)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.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Stellerite
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]
Morozewicz J (1910) O stellerycie, nowym minerale zeolitowym. - Über Stellerit, ein neues Zeolithmineral, Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie, Année 1909, 344-359 [view file]
Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]
Galli E, Passaglia E (1973) Stellerite from Villanova Monteleone, Sardinia, Lithos, 6, 83-90 [view file]
Passaglia E, Pongiluppi D (1974) Sodian stellerite from Capo Pula, Sardegua, Lithos, 7, 69-73 [view file]
Galli E, Alberti A (1975) The crystal structure of stellerite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 98, 11-18 [view file]
Alberti A, Rinaldi R, Vezzalini G (1978) Dynamics of dehydration in stilbite-type structures; stellerite phase B, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2, 365-375
Passaglia E, Galli E, Leoni L, Rossi G (1978) The crystal chemistry of stilbites and stellerites, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 101, 368-375
Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]
Arletti R, Mazzucato E, Vezzalini G (2006) Influence of dehydration kinetics on T-O-T bridge breaking in zeolites with framework type STI: The case of stellerite, American Mineralogist, 91, 628-634 [view file]

REFERENCES for Stellerite

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]

Morozewicz J (1910) O stellerycie, nowym minerale zeolitowym. - Über Stellerit, ein neues Zeolithmineral, Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie, Année 1909, 344-359 [view file]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]

Galli E, Passaglia E (1973) Stellerite from Villanova Monteleone, Sardinia, Lithos, 6, 83-90 [view file]

Passaglia E, Pongiluppi D (1974) Sodian stellerite from Capo Pula, Sardegua, Lithos, 7, 69-73 [view file]

Galli E, Alberti A (1975) The crystal structure of stellerite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 98, 11-18 [view file]

Alberti A, Rinaldi R, Vezzalini G (1978) Dynamics of dehydration in stilbite-type structures; stellerite phase B, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2, 365-375

Passaglia E, Galli E, Leoni L, Rossi G (1978) The crystal chemistry of stilbites and stellerites, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 101, 368-375

Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file]

Arletti R, Mazzucato E, Vezzalini G (2006) Influence of dehydration kinetics on T-O-T bridge breaking in zeolites with framework type STI: The case of stellerite, American Mineralogist, 91, 628-634 [view file]