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Sodalite X050146

Name: Sodalite
RRUFF ID: X050146
Ideal Chemistry: Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl
Locality: Canada
Source: G.R. Rossman 1945
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

Mineral Groups: [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] [ sodalite (24) ]

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Sample Description:

de-polarized laser on unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Sodalite
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]
Thomson T (1811) A chemical analysis of sodalite, a new mineral from Greenland, A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, 29, 285-292 [view file]
Thomson T (1812) A chemical analysis of sodalite, a new mineral from Greenland, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 6, 387-395 [view file]
Rose G (1839) Ueber den Sodalith und Cancrinit, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 17, 348-351 [view file]
Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [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]
Van Peteghem J K, Burley B J (1963) Studies on solid solution between sodalite, nosean and hauyne, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 808-813 [view file]
Subbarao K V (1969) An intergrowth between albite and sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 721-723 [view file]
Sturt B A, Ramsay D M (1971) Observation on "An intergrowth between albite and sodalite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 904-904 [view file]
Annersten H, Hassib A (1979) Blue sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 39-46 [view file]
Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file]
Peterson R C (1983) The structure of hackmanite, a variety of sodalite, from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 549-552 [view file]
Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13
Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Behrens P, Kempa P B, Assmann S, Wiebcke M, Felsche J (1995) The structures of anhydrous silver sodalite Ag₃[Al₃Si₃O₁₂] at 298, 623, and 723 K from Rietveld refinements of X-ray powder diffraction data: mechanism of thermal expansion and of the phase transition at 678 K, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 115, 55-65
Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO₄-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file]
Thompson J G, Dougherty J, Melnitchenko A, Lobo C, Withers R L (1996) Sodalite-type Na₈Mg₃Si₉O₂₄(OH)₂ and Na₈Mg₃Si₉O₂₄(OH,Cl)₂: novel framework magnesiosilicates, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6, 1933-1937
Smaalen S, Dinnebier R, Katzke H, Depmeier W (1997) Structural characterization of the high-temperature phase transitions in Ca₈[Al₁₂O₂₄](MoO₄)₂ aluminate sodalite using x-ray powder diffraction, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 129, 130-143
Antao S M, Hassan I (2002) Thermal analyses of sodalite, tugtupite, danalite and helvite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 163-172 [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]
Pan Y, Dong P (2003) Bromine in scapolite-group minerals and sodalite: XRF microprobe analysis, exchange experiments, and application to skarn deposits, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 529-540 [view file]
Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2004) Sodalite: high-temperature structures obtained from synchrotron radiation and rietveld refinements, American Mineralogist, 89, 359-364 [view file]
Ballirano P, Maras A (2005) Crystal chemical and structural characterization of an unusual CO₃-bearing sodalite-group mineral, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 805-812
Antao S M, Hassan I, Wang J, Lee P L, Toby B H (2008) State-of-the-art high-resolution powder x-ray diffraction (HRPXRD) illustrated with Rietveld structure refinement of quartz, sodalite, tremolite, and meionite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1501-1509 [view file]
Hettmann K, Wenzel T, Marks M, Markl G (2012) The sulfur speciation in S-bearing minerals: New constraints by a combination of electron microprobe analysis and DFT calculations with special reference to sodalite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1653-1661 [view file]
Balassone G, Bellatreccia F, Ottolini L, Mormone A, Petti C, Ghiara M R, Altomare A, Saviano M, Rizi R, D'Orazio L (2016) Sodalite-group minerals, from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Naples, Italy): A combined EPMA, SIMS, and FTIR crystal-chemical study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 583-604

REFERENCES for Sodalite

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]

Thomson T (1811) A chemical analysis of sodalite, a new mineral from Greenland, A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, 29, 285-292 [view file]

Thomson T (1812) A chemical analysis of sodalite, a new mineral from Greenland, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 6, 387-395 [view file]

Rose G (1839) Ueber den Sodalith und Cancrinit, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 17, 348-351 [view file]

Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [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]

Van Peteghem J K, Burley B J (1963) Studies on solid solution between sodalite, nosean and hauyne, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 808-813 [view file]

Subbarao K V (1969) An intergrowth between albite and sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 721-723 [view file]

Sturt B A, Ramsay D M (1971) Observation on "An intergrowth between albite and sodalite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 904-904 [view file]

Annersten H, Hassib A (1979) Blue sodalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 39-46 [view file]

Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file]

Peterson R C (1983) The structure of hackmanite, a variety of sodalite, from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 549-552 [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Behrens P, Kempa P B, Assmann S, Wiebcke M, Felsche J (1995) The structures of anhydrous silver sodalite Ag₃[Al₃Si₃O₁₂] at 298, 623, and 723 K from Rietveld refinements of X-ray powder diffraction data: mechanism of thermal expansion and of the phase transition at 678 K, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 115, 55-65

Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO₄-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012 [view file]

Thompson J G, Dougherty J, Melnitchenko A, Lobo C, Withers R L (1996) Sodalite-type Na₈Mg₃Si₉O₂₄(OH)₂ and Na₈Mg₃Si₉O₂₄(OH,Cl)₂: novel framework magnesiosilicates, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6, 1933-1937

Smaalen S, Dinnebier R, Katzke H, Depmeier W (1997) Structural characterization of the high-temperature phase transitions in Ca₈[Al₁₂O₂₄](MoO₄)₂ aluminate sodalite using x-ray powder diffraction, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 129, 130-143

Antao S M, Hassan I (2002) Thermal analyses of sodalite, tugtupite, danalite and helvite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 163-172 [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]

Pan Y, Dong P (2003) Bromine in scapolite-group minerals and sodalite: XRF microprobe analysis, exchange experiments, and application to skarn deposits, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 529-540 [view file]

Hassan I, Antao S M, Parise J B (2004) Sodalite: high-temperature structures obtained from synchrotron radiation and rietveld refinements, American Mineralogist, 89, 359-364 [view file]

Ballirano P, Maras A (2005) Crystal chemical and structural characterization of an unusual CO₃-bearing sodalite-group mineral, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 805-812

Antao S M, Hassan I, Wang J, Lee P L, Toby B H (2008) State-of-the-art high-resolution powder x-ray diffraction (HRPXRD) illustrated with Rietveld structure refinement of quartz, sodalite, tremolite, and meionite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1501-1509 [view file]

Hettmann K, Wenzel T, Marks M, Markl G (2012) The sulfur speciation in S-bearing minerals: New constraints by a combination of electron microprobe analysis and DFT calculations with special reference to sodalite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1653-1661 [view file]

Balassone G, Bellatreccia F, Ottolini L, Mormone A, Petti C, Ghiara M R, Altomare A, Saviano M, Rizi R, D'Orazio L (2016) Sodalite-group minerals, from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Naples, Italy): A combined EPMA, SIMS, and FTIR crystal-chemical study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 583-604