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Name: Thomsonite-Ca RRUFF ID: R050103 Ideal Chemistry: NaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O Locality: Seeberg, Bohemia, Czech Republic Source: Rock Currier Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Thomsonite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Thomsonite-Ca samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050103.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.1006(6)Å b: 13.0587(8)Å c: 13.2261(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2262.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Thomsonite-Ca | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Brooke H J (1820) On mesotype, needlestone, and thomsonite, Annals of Philosophy, 16, 193-194 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file] |
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Wise W, Tschernich R W (1978) Habits, crystal forms and composition of thomsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 487-493 [view file] |
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Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99 |
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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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Gurbanova O A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Pekov I V, Turchkova A G (2001) Crystal structure of strontium-rich thomsonite (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk, 376, 387-390 |
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Gatta G D, Kahlenberg V, Kaindl R, Rotiroti N, Cappelletti P, de' Gennaro M (2010) Crystal structure and low-temperature behavior of "disordered" thomsonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 495-502 [view file] |
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