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Leucite R060300

Name: Leucite
RRUFF ID: R060300
Ideal Chemistry: K(AlSi₂O₆)
Locality: Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
Source: Herb Obodda 029 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless complete pseudocubic crystal showing trapezohedral faces
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Analcime (11) ]

Quick search: [ All Leucite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060300.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.98Na_0.02)_Σ=1Al_1.00Si_2.00O₆
Reference File:	[ View PDF ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, polished and mounted an a pin.

Pin ID:

M01338

Orientation:

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

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060300

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060300.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.0603(3)Å b: 13.0603(3)Å c: 13.7587(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2346.8(1)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Leucite
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]
Blumenbachs J F (1791) Auszuge und Kezensioneit bergmanischer und mineralogischer Schriften, Bergmannisches Journal, 2, 483-500 [view file]
Klaproth M H (1797) Chemische Untersuchung des Leucits, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 39-61 [view file]
Bowen N L (1917) The sodium-potassium nephelites, American Journal of Science, 43, 115-132 [view file]
Peacor D R (1968) A high temperature single crystal diffractometer study of leucite, (K,Na)AlSi₂O₆, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 213-224 [view file]
Gupta A K, Fyfe W S (1975) Leucite survival: The alteration to analcime, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 361-363 [view file]
Martin R F, Lagache M (1975) Cell edges and infrared spectra of synthetic leucites and pollucites in the system KAlSi₂O₆ — RbAlSi₂O₆ — CsAlSi₂O₆, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 275-281 [view file]
Mazzi F, Galli E, Gottardi G (1976) The crystal structure of tetragonal leucite, American Mineralogist, 61, 108-115 [view file]
Matson D W, Sharma S K, Philpotts J A (1986) Raman-spectra of some tectosilicates and of glasses along the orthoclase-anorthite and nepheline-anorthite joins, American Mineralogist, 71, 694-704 [view file]
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]
Hogarth D D (1997) Mineralogy of leucite-bearing dykes from Napoleon Bay, Baffin Island: multistage proterozoic lamproites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 53-78 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Ballaran T B, Pavese A (2008) Leucite at high pressure: Elastic behavior, phase stability, and petrological implications, American Mineralogist, 93, 1588-1596 [view file]
Aktas O, Carpenter M A, Salje E K H (2015) Elastic softening of leucite and the lack of polar domain boundaries, American Mineralogist, 100, 2159-2162
Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Bubnova R S, Derkacheva E S, Depmeier W, Filatov S K (2016) Thermally induced reversible phase transformations of boroleucite, KBSi₂O₆, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 15-21

REFERENCES for Leucite

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]

Blumenbachs J F (1791) Auszuge und Kezensioneit bergmanischer und mineralogischer Schriften, Bergmannisches Journal, 2, 483-500 [view file]

Klaproth M H (1797) Chemische Untersuchung des Leucits, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 39-61 [view file]

Bowen N L (1917) The sodium-potassium nephelites, American Journal of Science, 43, 115-132 [view file]

Peacor D R (1968) A high temperature single crystal diffractometer study of leucite, (K,Na)AlSi₂O₆, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 213-224 [view file]

Gupta A K, Fyfe W S (1975) Leucite survival: The alteration to analcime, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 361-363 [view file]

Martin R F, Lagache M (1975) Cell edges and infrared spectra of synthetic leucites and pollucites in the system KAlSi₂O₆ — RbAlSi₂O₆ — CsAlSi₂O₆, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 275-281 [view file]

Mazzi F, Galli E, Gottardi G (1976) The crystal structure of tetragonal leucite, American Mineralogist, 61, 108-115 [view file]

Matson D W, Sharma S K, Philpotts J A (1986) Raman-spectra of some tectosilicates and of glasses along the orthoclase-anorthite and nepheline-anorthite joins, American Mineralogist, 71, 694-704 [view file]

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]

Hogarth D D (1997) Mineralogy of leucite-bearing dykes from Napoleon Bay, Baffin Island: multistage proterozoic lamproites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 53-78 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Gatta G D, Rotiroti N, Ballaran T B, Pavese A (2008) Leucite at high pressure: Elastic behavior, phase stability, and petrological implications, American Mineralogist, 93, 1588-1596 [view file]

Aktas O, Carpenter M A, Salje E K H (2015) Elastic softening of leucite and the lack of polar domain boundaries, American Mineralogist, 100, 2159-2162

Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Bubnova R S, Derkacheva E S, Depmeier W, Filatov S K (2016) Thermally induced reversible phase transformations of boroleucite, KBSi₂O₆, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 15-21