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Nacrite R100066

Name: Nacrite
RRUFF ID: R100066
Ideal Chemistry: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Locality: Geisberg, Schweighausen, Black Forest, Germany
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Stacks of parallel pseudohexagonal white plates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Kaolinite (7) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100066

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100066.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.906(26)Å b: 5.150(14)Å c: 14.618(66)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 100.71(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 659.2(7)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.

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Nacrite
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]
Brongniart A (1807) Nacrite, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie De L'imprimerie de Crapelet Paris 505-506 [view file]
Ross C S, Kerr P F (1930) Dickite, a kaolin mineral, American Mineralogist, 15, 34-39 [view file]
Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]
Zvyagin B B, Soboleva S V, Fedotov A F (1972) Refinement of the structure of nacrite by high-voltage electron diffraction, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 448-452 [view file]
Zheng H, Bailey S W (1994) Refinement of the nacrite structure, Clays and Clay Minerals, 42, 46-52
Zhukhlistov A P (2008) Crystal structure of nacrite from the electron diffraction data, Crystallography Reports, 53, issue 1 76-82

REFERENCES for Nacrite

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]

Brongniart A (1807) Nacrite, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie De L'imprimerie de Crapelet Paris 505-506 [view file]

Ross C S, Kerr P F (1930) Dickite, a kaolin mineral, American Mineralogist, 15, 34-39 [view file]

Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]

Zvyagin B B, Soboleva S V, Fedotov A F (1972) Refinement of the structure of nacrite by high-voltage electron diffraction, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 448-452 [view file]

Zheng H, Bailey S W (1994) Refinement of the nacrite structure, Clays and Clay Minerals, 42, 46-52

Zhukhlistov A P (2008) Crystal structure of nacrite from the electron diffraction data, Crystallography Reports, 53, issue 1 76-82