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Thaumasite R060814

Name: Thaumasite
RRUFF ID: R060814
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O
Locality: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, Jurupa Mountains, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101176 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Mass of colorless acicular crystals associated with afwillite, R080022
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Ettringite (6) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060814.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060814

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060814.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.06(1)Å b: 11.06(1)Å c: 10.505(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1113(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Thaumasite
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]
Nordenskiöld A E (1878) Sur une nouvelle espèce minérale nommée thaumasite, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 87, 313-314 [view file]
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541
Edge R A, Taylor H F W (1971) Crystal structure of thaumasite, [Ca₃Si(OH)₆.12H₂O](SO₄)(CO₃), Acta Crystallographica, B27, 594-601
Effenberger H, Kirfel A, Will G, Zobetz E (1983) A further refinement of the crystal structure of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆CO₃SO₄·12H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 60-68
Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J (2003) Thermal expansion of hydrated six-coordinated silicon in thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 30, 321-329
Martucci A, Cruciani G (2006) In situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction study of thaumasite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 723-731
Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]
Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Van K V, Möckel S, Zadov A E (2012) Kottenheimite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)₂·12H₂O, a new member of the ettringite group from the Eifel area, Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 55-63 [view file]
Gatta G D, McIntyre G J, Swanson J G, Jacobsen S D (2012) Minerals in cement chemistry: A single-crystal neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O, American Mineralogist, 97, 1060-1069 [view file]
Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Kabalov Y K, Göttlicher J, Yapaskurt V O, Zadov A E, Krivovichev S V, Schüller W, Ternes B (2012) The sulfite anion in ettringite-group minerals: a new mineral species hielscherite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)(SO₃)·11H₂O, and the thaumasite-hielscherite solid-solution series, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1133-1152 [view file]
Ardit M, Cruciani G, Dondi M, Garbarino G L, Nestola F (2014) Phase transitions during compression of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O: a high-pressure synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1193-1208

REFERENCES for Thaumasite

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]

Nordenskiöld A E (1878) Sur une nouvelle espèce minérale nommée thaumasite, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 87, 313-314 [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Edge R A, Taylor H F W (1971) Crystal structure of thaumasite, [Ca₃Si(OH)₆.12H₂O](SO₄)(CO₃), Acta Crystallographica, B27, 594-601

Effenberger H, Kirfel A, Will G, Zobetz E (1983) A further refinement of the crystal structure of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆CO₃SO₄·12H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 60-68

Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J (2003) Thermal expansion of hydrated six-coordinated silicon in thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 30, 321-329

Martucci A, Cruciani G (2006) In situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction study of thaumasite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 723-731

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]

Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Van K V, Möckel S, Zadov A E (2012) Kottenheimite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)₂·12H₂O, a new member of the ettringite group from the Eifel area, Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 55-63 [view file]

Gatta G D, McIntyre G J, Swanson J G, Jacobsen S D (2012) Minerals in cement chemistry: A single-crystal neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O, American Mineralogist, 97, 1060-1069 [view file]

Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Kabalov Y K, Göttlicher J, Yapaskurt V O, Zadov A E, Krivovichev S V, Schüller W, Ternes B (2012) The sulfite anion in ettringite-group minerals: a new mineral species hielscherite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)(SO₃)·11H₂O, and the thaumasite-hielscherite solid-solution series, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1133-1152 [view file]

Ardit M, Cruciani G, Dondi M, Garbarino G L, Nestola F (2014) Phase transitions during compression of thaumasite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O: a high-pressure synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1193-1208