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Laumontite R040020

Name: Laumontite
RRUFF ID: R040020
Ideal Chemistry: CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O
Locality: Pine Creek Tungsten mine, Bishop, Inyo County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10031 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale gray long prism coated with smaller crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

Quick search: [ All Laumontite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040020.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.99K_0.01)_Σ=1(Si_4.01Al_1.99)O₁₂·4H₂O; H₂O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00252

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a [1 0 0]. Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b* (0 1 0).

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040020

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040020.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040020.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.7456(7)Å b: 13.0661(5)Å c: 7.5598(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 112.037(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1350.12(8)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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.

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

REFERENCES for Laumontite
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]
Jameson R (1805) Lomonite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 539-540 [view file]
Haüy R J (1809) Laumonite, in Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de Cristallographie et de l'Analyse Chimique Relativement á la Classification des Minéraux Courcier Paris, France 195-196 [view file]
von Leonhard K C (1821) Laumontit, in Handbuch der Oryktognosie Mohr and Winter Heidelberg, Germany 448-449 [view file]
Coombs D S (1952) Cell size, optical properties and chemical composition of laumontite and leonhardite, American Mineralogist, 37, 812-830 [view file]
Bartl H, Fischer K F (1967) Untersuchung der kristallstruktur des zeolithes laumontit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1967, 33-42
Miller B E, Ghent E D (1973) Laumontite and barian-strontian heulandite from the Blairmore Group (Cretaceous), Alberta, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 188-192 [view file]
Tomita K, Koiso M, Yamamoto M, Öba N (1979) Laumontite in an andesite from Kinzan, Satsuma-Cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 74, 443-449 [view file]
Bartl H (1990) Strukturverfeinerung van Leonhardit, Ca[Al₂Si₄O₁₂]·3H₂O, mittels N eutronenbeugung, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 298-310
Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]
Armbruster T, Kohler T (1992) Re- and dehydration of laumontite: a single crystal X-ray study at 100 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 385-397
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file]
Ståhl K, Artioli G (1993) A neutron powder diffraction study of fully deuterated laumontite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 851-856
Kiseleva I, Navrotsky A, Belitsky I A, Fursenko B A (1996) Thermochemistry of natural potassium sodium calcium leonhardite and its cation-exchanged forms, American Mineralogist, 81, 668-675 [view file]
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]
Fridriksson T, Bish D L, Bird D K (2003) Hydrogen-bonded water in laumontite I: X-ray powder diffraction study of water site occupancy and structural changes in laumontite during room-temperature isothermal hydration/dehydration, American Mineralogist, 88, 277-287 [view file]
Zagorsky V Y, Peretyazhko I S, Dmitrieva A S (2016) Axinite-(Mn) from miarolitic granitic pegmatites of the Malkhan gem-tourmaline deposit (Transbaikalia, Russia): composition, paragenesis and conditions of formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 811-824

REFERENCES for Laumontite

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]

Jameson R (1805) Lomonite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 539-540 [view file]

Haüy R J (1809) Laumonite, in Tableau Comparatif des Résultats de Cristallographie et de l'Analyse Chimique Relativement á la Classification des Minéraux Courcier Paris, France 195-196 [view file]

von Leonhard K C (1821) Laumontit, in Handbuch der Oryktognosie Mohr and Winter Heidelberg, Germany 448-449 [view file]

Coombs D S (1952) Cell size, optical properties and chemical composition of laumontite and leonhardite, American Mineralogist, 37, 812-830 [view file]

Bartl H, Fischer K F (1967) Untersuchung der kristallstruktur des zeolithes laumontit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1967, 33-42

Miller B E, Ghent E D (1973) Laumontite and barian-strontian heulandite from the Blairmore Group (Cretaceous), Alberta, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 188-192 [view file]

Tomita K, Koiso M, Yamamoto M, Öba N (1979) Laumontite in an andesite from Kinzan, Satsuma-Cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 74, 443-449 [view file]

Bartl H (1990) Strukturverfeinerung van Leonhardit, Ca[Al₂Si₄O₁₂]·3H₂O, mittels N eutronenbeugung, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 298-310

Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270 [view file]

Armbruster T, Kohler T (1992) Re- and dehydration of laumontite: a single crystal X-ray study at 100 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 385-397

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file]

Ståhl K, Artioli G (1993) A neutron powder diffraction study of fully deuterated laumontite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 851-856

Kiseleva I, Navrotsky A, Belitsky I A, Fursenko B A (1996) Thermochemistry of natural potassium sodium calcium leonhardite and its cation-exchanged forms, American Mineralogist, 81, 668-675 [view file]

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]

Fridriksson T, Bish D L, Bird D K (2003) Hydrogen-bonded water in laumontite I: X-ray powder diffraction study of water site occupancy and structural changes in laumontite during room-temperature isothermal hydration/dehydration, American Mineralogist, 88, 277-287 [view file]

Zagorsky V Y, Peretyazhko I S, Dmitrieva A S (2016) Axinite-(Mn) from miarolitic granitic pegmatites of the Malkhan gem-tourmaline deposit (Transbaikalia, Russia): composition, paragenesis and conditions of formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 811-824