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Ferrierite-Mg R070118

Name: Ferrierite-Mg
RRUFF ID: R070118
Ideal Chemistry: [Mg₂(K,Na)₂Ca_0.5](Si₂₉Al₇)O₇₂·18H₂O
Locality: Monastir, near Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S100412 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale tan colored fibrous radiating crystals associated with hematite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Ferrierite (5) ]

Quick search: [ All Ferrierite-Mg samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070118.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.15Na_0.01)(K_0.93Na_0.07)_Σ=1(Mg_1.80K_0.20)_Σ=2Ca_0.50(Si_29.89Al_6.11)_Σ=36O₇₂·20.71H₂O ; H₂O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070118

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070118.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 19.186(7)Å b: 14.128(5)Å c: 7.496(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2032(3)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Ferrierite-Mg
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Graham R P D (1918) On ferrierite, a new zeolitic mineral, from British Columbia; with notes on some other Canadian minerals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Series 3, 12, 185-201
Wherry E T (1919) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 4, 90-90 [view file]
Vaughan P A (1966) The crystal structure of the zeolite ferrierite, Acta Crystallographica, 21, 983-990
Wise W S, Tschernich R W (1976) Chemical composition of ferrierite, American Mineralogist, 61, 60-66 [view file]
Gramlich-Meier R, Gramlich V, Meier W M (1984) On faults in the framework structure of the zeolite ferrierite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 169, 201-210 [view file]
Gramlich-Meier R, Gramlich V, Meier W M (1985) The crystal structure of the monoclinic variety of ferrierite, American Mineralogist, 70, 619-623 [view file]
Sameshima T (1986) Ferrierite from Tapu, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, and a crystal chemical study of known occurrences, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 63-68 [view file]
Alberti A, Sabelli C (1987) Statistical and true symmetry of ferrierite: possible absence of straight T-O-T bridging bonds, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 178, 249-256 [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]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]
Arletti R, Fantini R, Giacobbe C, Gieré R, Vezzalini G, Vigliaturo R, Quartieri S (2018) High-temperature behavior of natural ferrierite: In-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 103, 1741-1748
Zoboli A, Di Giuseppe1 D, Baraldi C, Gamberini M C, Malferrari D, Urso G, Gualtieri M L, Bailey M, Gualtieri A F (2019) Characterisation of fibrous ferrierite in the rhyolitic tuffs at Lovelock, Nevada, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 577-586

REFERENCES for Ferrierite-Mg

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Graham R P D (1918) On ferrierite, a new zeolitic mineral, from British Columbia; with notes on some other Canadian minerals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Series 3, 12, 185-201

Wherry E T (1919) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 4, 90-90 [view file]

Vaughan P A (1966) The crystal structure of the zeolite ferrierite, Acta Crystallographica, 21, 983-990

Wise W S, Tschernich R W (1976) Chemical composition of ferrierite, American Mineralogist, 61, 60-66 [view file]

Gramlich-Meier R, Gramlich V, Meier W M (1984) On faults in the framework structure of the zeolite ferrierite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 169, 201-210 [view file]

Gramlich-Meier R, Gramlich V, Meier W M (1985) The crystal structure of the monoclinic variety of ferrierite, American Mineralogist, 70, 619-623 [view file]

Sameshima T (1986) Ferrierite from Tapu, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, and a crystal chemical study of known occurrences, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 63-68 [view file]

Alberti A, Sabelli C (1987) Statistical and true symmetry of ferrierite: possible absence of straight T-O-T bridging bonds, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 178, 249-256 [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]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]

Arletti R, Fantini R, Giacobbe C, Gieré R, Vezzalini G, Vigliaturo R, Quartieri S (2018) High-temperature behavior of natural ferrierite: In-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 103, 1741-1748

Zoboli A, Di Giuseppe1 D, Baraldi C, Gamberini M C, Malferrari D, Urso G, Gualtieri M L, Bailey M, Gualtieri A F (2019) Characterisation of fibrous ferrierite in the rhyolitic tuffs at Lovelock, Nevada, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 577-586