Mordenite R061118 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Mordenite R061118

Name: Mordenite
RRUFF ID: R061118
Ideal Chemistry: (Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O
Locality: Chipman's Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S103493 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Water worn white pebbles
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Mordenite (4) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061118.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_5.47Ca_0.29K_2.01)_Σ=7.77(Al_8.06Si_39.94)O₉₆·28H₂O; H₂O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061118

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061118.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.0828(9)Å b: 20.490(1)Å c: 7.5215(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2786.8(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

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 Mordenite
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]
How H (1864) On mordenite, a new mineral from the trap of Nova Scotia, Journal of the Chemical Society, 17, 100-104 [view file]
Gordon S G (1918) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 3, 30-30 [view file]
Wherry E T (1923) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 8, 93-96 [view file]
Schaller W T (1932) Ptilolite from Utah, American Mineralogist, 17, 125-127 [view file]
Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]
Barrer R M (1944) Sorption by gmelinite and mordenite, Transactions of the Faraday Society, 44, 555-564
Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1219-1225 [view file]
Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Reay A, Coombs D S (1971) Ashtonite, a strontian mordenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 383-385 [view file]
Passaglia E (1975) The crystal chemistry of mordenites, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 50, 65-77
Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99
Passaglia E, Artioli G, Gualtieri A, Carnevali R (1995) Diagenetic mordenite from Ponza, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 429-438
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]
Martucci A, Sacerdoti M, Cruciani G, Dalconi C (2003) In situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction study of mordenite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 485-493
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Kawame N, Ikuta D, Kanazawa H, Ito K, Gunter M E, Boisen M B, Tamada O (2007) Superstructure of Challis mordenite with doubled monoclinic unit cell, American Mineralogist, 92, 892-897 [view file]

REFERENCES for Mordenite

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]

How H (1864) On mordenite, a new mineral from the trap of Nova Scotia, Journal of the Chemical Society, 17, 100-104 [view file]

Gordon S G (1918) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 3, 30-30 [view file]

Wherry E T (1923) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 8, 93-96 [view file]

Schaller W T (1932) Ptilolite from Utah, American Mineralogist, 17, 125-127 [view file]

Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]

Barrer R M (1944) Sorption by gmelinite and mordenite, Transactions of the Faraday Society, 44, 555-564

Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1219-1225 [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Reay A, Coombs D S (1971) Ashtonite, a strontian mordenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 383-385 [view file]

Passaglia E (1975) The crystal chemistry of mordenites, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 50, 65-77

Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99

Passaglia E, Artioli G, Gualtieri A, Carnevali R (1995) Diagenetic mordenite from Ponza, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 429-438

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]

Martucci A, Sacerdoti M, Cruciani G, Dalconi C (2003) In situ time resolved synchrotron powder diffraction study of mordenite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 485-493

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Kawame N, Ikuta D, Kanazawa H, Ito K, Gunter M E, Boisen M B, Tamada O (2007) Superstructure of Challis mordenite with doubled monoclinic unit cell, American Mineralogist, 92, 892-897 [view file]