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Thaumasite R060296

Name: Thaumasite
RRUFF ID: R060296
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O
Locality: N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Herb Obodda 030 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale blue hexagonal prism
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Ettringite (6) ]

Quick search: [ All Thaumasite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060296.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060296

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:

R060296.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.0601(4)Å b: 11.0601(4)Å c: 10.436(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1105.5(0)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.

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

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