Nosean R050422



Name: Nosean
RRUFF ID: R050422
Ideal Chemistry: Na8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O
Locality: Laacher See, Mendig Area, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Groups: [ sodalite (24) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050422.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.92Ca0.030.03K0.01)8Al5.99Si6.01O24(S1.00O4)·H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050422.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.083(2)Å    b: 9.083(2)Å    c: 9.083(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 749.4(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Nosean

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571   [view file]

Van Peteghem J K, Burley B J (1963) Studies on solid solution between sodalite, nosean and hauyne, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 808-813   [view file]

Heinz Schulz V (1970) Struktur- und Überstrukturuntersuchungen an nosean-einkristallen, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 114-138   [view file]

Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719   [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13

Hassan I, Buseck P R (1989) Incommensurate-modulated structure of nosean, a sodalite-group mineral, American Mineralogist, 74, 394-410   [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1989) The structure of nosean, ideally Na8[Al6Si6O24]SO4·H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 165-172   [view file]

Ballirano P, Maras A, Buseck P R (1996) Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO4-bearing cancrinite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 81, 1003-1012   [view file]

Gesing T M, Buhl J C (1998) Crystal structure of a carbonate-nosean Na8[AlSiO4]6CO3, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 71-77

Hettmann K, Wenzel T, Marks M, Markl G (2012) The sulfur speciation in S-bearing minerals: New constraints by a combination of electron microprobe analysis and DFT calculations with special reference to sodalite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1653-1661   [view file]

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95

Baudouin C, Parat F (2015) Role of volatiles (S, Cl, H2O) and silica activity on the crystallization of haüyne and nosean in phonolitic magmas (Eifel, Germany and Saghro, Morocco), American Mineralogist, 100, 2308-2322

Balassone G, Bellatreccia F, Ottolini L, Mormone A, Petti C, Ghiara M R, Altomare A, Saviano M, Rizi R, D'Orazio L (2016) Sodalite-group minerals, from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Naples, Italy): A combined EPMA, SIMS, and FTIR crystal-chemical study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 583-604