Wadeite R130537 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Wadeite R130537

Name: Wadeite
RRUFF ID: R130537
Ideal Chemistry: K₂ZrSi₃O₉
Locality: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Donald M Doell and Brian Roulston
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless grains, associated with anhydrite and boracite, embedded in halite. Halite is dissolved in water.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130537

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130537.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.9255(3)Å b: 6.9255(3)Å c: 10.1885(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 423.20(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Wadeite
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]
Prider R T (1939) Some minerals from the leucite-rich rocks of the West Kimberley area, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 373-387 [view file]
Marble J P, Foshag W F (1940) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 25, 253-254 [view file]
Henshaw D E (1955) The structure of wadeite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 585-595 [view file]
Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]
McKeown D A, Nobles A C, Bell M I (1996) Vibrational analysis of wadeite K₂ZrSi₃O₉ and comparisons with benitoite BaTiSi₃O₉, Physical Review B, 54, 291-304
Sakai K, Nakagawa T, Okuno M, Kihara K (2000) A mineral wadeite in glass, occurrence and crystal structure, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 95, 24-31 [view file]
McDonald A M, Chao G Y (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)₁₃Sr₁₁(Zr,Y,Nb)₁₄Si₄₂B₆O₁₃₂(OH)₁₂·12H₂O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 747-758 [view file]
Xu H, Navrotsky A, Balmer M L, Su Y (2005) Crystal-chemical and energetic systematics of wadeite-type phases A₂BSi₃O₉ (A = K, Cs; B = Si, Ti, Zr), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 426-435

REFERENCES for Wadeite

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]

Prider R T (1939) Some minerals from the leucite-rich rocks of the West Kimberley area, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 373-387 [view file]

Marble J P, Foshag W F (1940) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 25, 253-254 [view file]

Henshaw D E (1955) The structure of wadeite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 585-595 [view file]

Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]

McKeown D A, Nobles A C, Bell M I (1996) Vibrational analysis of wadeite K₂ZrSi₃O₉ and comparisons with benitoite BaTiSi₃O₉, Physical Review B, 54, 291-304

Sakai K, Nakagawa T, Okuno M, Kihara K (2000) A mineral wadeite in glass, occurrence and crystal structure, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 95, 24-31 [view file]

McDonald A M, Chao G Y (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)₁₃Sr₁₁(Zr,Y,Nb)₁₄Si₄₂B₆O₁₃₂(OH)₁₂·12H₂O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 747-758 [view file]

Xu H, Navrotsky A, Balmer M L, Su Y (2005) Crystal-chemical and energetic systematics of wadeite-type phases A₂BSi₃O₉ (A = K, Cs; B = Si, Ti, Zr), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 426-435