Pitiglianoite R130097



Name: Pitiglianoite
RRUFF ID: R130097
Ideal Chemistry: K2Na6(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·2H2O
Locality: Mt Cavalluccio, Campagnano di Roma, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless hexagonal prisms. NOTE THIS IS NOT REALLY PITIGLIANOITE, NEEDS CHEMISTRY
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ cancrinite (11) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented prisms
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RRUFF ID: R130097
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Sample Description: Unoriented prisms
Instrument settings: Almega 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130097.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.862(3)Å    b: 12.862(3)Å    c: 5.281(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 756.6(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Pitiglianoite

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]

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

Merlino S, Mellini M, Bonaccorsi E, Pasero M, Leoni L, Orlandi P (1991) Pitiglianoite, a new felspathoid from southern Tuscany, Italy: chemical composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 76, 2003-2008   [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]

Della Ventura G, Bellatreccia F, Bonaccorsi E (2005) CO2 in minerals of the cancrinite-sodalite group: pitiglianoite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 847-851

Bonaccorsi E, Della Ventura G, Bellatreccia F, Merlino S (2007) The thermal behaviour and dehydration of pitiglianoite, a mineral of the cancrinite-group, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 99, 225-235

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Olysych L V, Zubkova N V, Vigasina M F, (2011) Crystal chemistry of cancrinite-group minerals with an AB-type framework: A review and new data. II. IR spectroscopy and its crystal-chemical implications, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1151-1164   [view file]

Pekov I V, Olysych L V, Chukanov N V, Zubkova N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Van K, Giester G, Tillmanns E (2011) Crystal chemistry of cancrinite-group minerals with an AB-type framework: A review and new data. I. Chemical and structural variations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1129-1150   [view file]