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Name: Chabazite-K RRUFF ID: R120032 Ideal Chemistry: (K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O Locality: Kirovskii mine, Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Druse of colorless rhombohedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Chabazite (8) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120032.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.811(2)Å b: 13.811(2)Å c: 15.051(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 2486(1)Å3 Crystal System: rhombohedral |
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REFERENCES for Chabazite-K | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Ames L L (1966) Alkali metal cation equilibria with chabazite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 572-581 [view file] |
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Passaglia E (1970) The crystal chemistry of chabazites, American Mineralogist, 55, 1278-1301 [view file] |
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Gennaro M, Franco E (1976) La K-cabasite di alcuni «tufi del Vesuvio», Rendiconti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 60, 490-497 |
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Alberti A, Galli E, Vezzalini G, Passaglia E, Zanazzi P F (1982) Position of cations and water molecules in hydrated chabazite. Natural and Na-, Ca-, Sr- and K-exchanged chabazites, Zeolites, 2, 303-309 |
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Mazzi F, Galli E (1983) The tetrahedral framework of chabazite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 461-480 |
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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] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Passaglia E, Ferro O (2002) Occurrence and crystal structure of magnesian chabazite, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 142, 1729-1735 |
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Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Gavrilenko P G, Pekov I V (2005) Crystal structure of chabazite K, Crystallography Reports, 50, 544-553 |
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Gualtieri A F, Passaglia E (2006) Rietveld structure refinement of NH4-exchanged natural chabazite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 351-359 |
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Kong M, Lee Y, Gatta G D, Lee Y (2018) Comparative compressional behavior of chabazite with Li+, Na+, Ag+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+ as extra-framework cations, 103, 207-215 |
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Kong M, Lee Y, Gatta G D, Lee Y (2018) Comparative compressional behavior of chabazite with Li+, Na+, Ag+, K+Rb+ and Cs+ as extra-framework cations, American Mineralogist, 103, 207-215 |
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