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Paragonite R050447

Name: Paragonite
RRUFF ID: R050447
Ideal Chemistry: NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂
Locality: Switzerland
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ mica (50) ] [ Clay (86) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050447.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.81K_0.17Ca_0.02)Al_2.00(Si_2.98Al_0.02)O₁₀(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050447.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050447.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.119(2)Å b: 8.881(5)Å c: 19.326(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 94.57(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 875.8(3)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 Paragonite
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]
Schaffhüutl C (1843) Chemisch-mineralogische Untersuchungen: Untersuchung einiger talkartigen Mineralien. Paragonit, Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Heidelberg, 46, 325-347 [view file]
Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571 [view file]
Zen E -A, Ross M, Bearth P (1964) Paragonite from Täsch Valley near Zermatt, Switzerland, American Mineralogist, 49, 183-190 [view file]
Grambling J A (1984) Coesxisting paragonite and quartz in sillimanitic rocks from New Mexico, American Mineralogist, 69, 79-87 [view file]
Lin C, Bailey S W (1984) The crystal structure of paragonite-2M, American Mineralogist, 69, 122-127 [view file]
Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]
Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]
Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (1997) Pressure dependence of structural parameters of paragonite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 24, 274-280
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (2000) Structural thermal behavior of paragonite and its dehydroxylate: a high-temperature single-crystal study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 27, 377-385
Guidotti C V, Sassi F P, Comodi P, Zanazzi P F, Blencoe J G (2000) The contrasting responses of muscovite and paragonite to increasing pressure: petrological implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 707-712 [view file]
Roth P (2007) Paragonite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 116-117
Hernández-Haro N, Ortega-Castro J, Del Valle C P, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Sainz-Díaz C I, Hernández-Laguna A (2013) Computational study of the elastic behavior of the 2M₁ muscovite-paragonite series, American Mineralogist, 98, 651-664
Hernández-Haro N, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Pérez Del Valle C, Ortega-Castro J, Sainz-Díaz C I, Garrido C J, Hernández-Laguna A (2016) Compressibility of 2M₁ muscovite-paragonite series minerals: A computational study to 6 GPa, American Mineralogist, 101, 1207-1216
Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288

REFERENCES for Paragonite

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]

Schaffhüutl C (1843) Chemisch-mineralogische Untersuchungen: Untersuchung einiger talkartigen Mineralien. Paragonit, Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Heidelberg, 46, 325-347 [view file]

Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571 [view file]

Zen E -A, Ross M, Bearth P (1964) Paragonite from Täsch Valley near Zermatt, Switzerland, American Mineralogist, 49, 183-190 [view file]

Grambling J A (1984) Coesxisting paragonite and quartz in sillimanitic rocks from New Mexico, American Mineralogist, 69, 79-87 [view file]

Lin C, Bailey S W (1984) The crystal structure of paragonite-2M, American Mineralogist, 69, 122-127 [view file]

Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]

Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]

Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (1997) Pressure dependence of structural parameters of paragonite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 24, 274-280

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Comodi P and Zanazzi PF (2000) Structural thermal behavior of paragonite and its dehydroxylate: a high-temperature single-crystal study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 27, 377-385

Guidotti C V, Sassi F P, Comodi P, Zanazzi P F, Blencoe J G (2000) The contrasting responses of muscovite and paragonite to increasing pressure: petrological implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 707-712 [view file]

Roth P (2007) Paragonite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 116-117

Hernández-Haro N, Ortega-Castro J, Del Valle C P, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Sainz-Díaz C I, Hernández-Laguna A (2013) Computational study of the elastic behavior of the 2M₁ muscovite-paragonite series, American Mineralogist, 98, 651-664

Hernández-Haro N, Muñoz-Santiburcio D, Pérez Del Valle C, Ortega-Castro J, Sainz-Díaz C I, Garrido C J, Hernández-Laguna A (2016) Compressibility of 2M₁ muscovite-paragonite series minerals: A computational study to 6 GPa, American Mineralogist, 101, 1207-1216

Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288