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Mascagnite R141105

Name: Mascagnite
RRUFF ID: R141105
Ideal Chemistry: (NH₄)₂(SO₄)
Locality: Cultured biogenically in laboratory.
Source: Kenny Lloyd and Dirk Andrews [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White or colorless tabular, prismatic, granular, or bladed crystals, made by drying the liquid.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Arcanite (3) ]

Quick search: [ All Mascagnite samples (3) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R141105

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R141105.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.776(3)Å b: 10.618(3)Å c: 5.984(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 494.1(2)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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Mascagnite
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]
Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien, in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 40-40 [view file]
Udalova V V, Pinsker Z G (1963) Electron diffraction study of the structure of ammonium sulfate, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 433-440 [view file]
Hasebe K (1981) Studies of the crystal structure of ammonium sulfate in connection with its ferroelectric phase transition, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 50, 1266-1274
Ahmed S, Shamah A M, Kamel R, Badr Y (1987) Structural changes of (NH₄)₂SO₄ crystals, Physica Status Solidi, 99, 131-140
Hasebe K (1996) Errata: Studies of the crystal structure of ammonium sulfate in connection with its ferroelectric phase transition, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 65, 652-652

REFERENCES for Mascagnite

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]

Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien, in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 40-40 [view file]

Udalova V V, Pinsker Z G (1963) Electron diffraction study of the structure of ammonium sulfate, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 433-440 [view file]

Hasebe K (1981) Studies of the crystal structure of ammonium sulfate in connection with its ferroelectric phase transition, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 50, 1266-1274

Ahmed S, Shamah A M, Kamel R, Badr Y (1987) Structural changes of (NH₄)₂SO₄ crystals, Physica Status Solidi, 99, 131-140

Hasebe K (1996) Errata: Studies of the crystal structure of ammonium sulfate in connection with its ferroelectric phase transition, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 65, 652-652