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Name: Gonnardite RRUFF ID: R100080 Ideal Chemistry: (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O Locality: Rio Chiavone nero, Fara, Breganze, Vicenza, Italy Source: Ivano Rocchetti [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White spherical aggregate of acicular crystals, associated with colorless analcime Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Gonnardite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100080.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.026(5)Å b: 13.026(5)Å c: 6.622(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1123.5(3)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Gonnardite | |
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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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Lacroix A (1896) Sur la gonnardite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 19, 426-429 [view file] |
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Meixner H, Hey M H, Moss A A (1956) Some new occurrences of gonnardite, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 265-272 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1006-1008 [view file] |
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Amirov S T, Asratkulu M O, Mamedov H S, Belov N V (1972) The crystal structure of zeolite-gonnardite Na2Ca[Al2Si3O10]2·6H2O, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 17, 316-317 |
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Artioli G, Torres Salvador M R (1991) Characterization of the natural zeolite gonnardite. Structure analysis of natural and cation exchanged species by the Rietveld method, Material Science Forum, 79-82, 845-850 |
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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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Artioli G, Galli E (1999) Gonnardite: re-examination of holotype material and discreditation of tetranatrolite, American Mineralogist, 84, 1445-1450 [view file] |
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Lee Y, Hriljac J A, Parise J B, Vogt T (2006) Pressure-induced hydration in zeolite tetranatrolite, American Mineralogist, 91, 247-251 [view file] |
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