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Chiolite R050412


 Name: Chiolite
RRUFF ID: R050412
Ideal Chemistry: Na5Al3F14
Locality: Ivigtut cryolite deposit, Arsuk Fjord, Greenland
Source: G.R. Rossman MK299
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050412.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na4.96K0.04)Σ=5Al3.00F14.00 ; trace amounts of Si and Ca
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050412
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050412.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050412.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.0161(3)Å    b: 7.0161(3)Å    c: 10.4011(6)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 512.00(5)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Chiolite

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]

Hermann R (1846) Untersuchungen russischer Mineralien. 26) Ueber Chiolith, ein neues Mineral, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 37, 175-193   [view file]

Brosset C (1938) Die kristallstruktur des chioliths, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 238, 201-208   [view file]

Jacoboni C, Leble A, Rousseau J J (1981) Détermination précise de la structure de la chiolite Na5Al3F14 et étude par R.P.E. de Na5Al3F14:Cr3+, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 36, 297-304

Richards R P, Kearns L E, Cook W R (1998) Morphology of chiolite twins from the Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1009-1015   [view file]

Dutour J, Guillou N, Huguenard C, Taulelle F, Mellot-Draznieks C, Férey G (2004) Chiolite, a case study for combining NMR crystallography, diffraction and structural simulation, Solid State Sciences, 6, 1059-1067