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Flörkeite R141068

Name: Flörkeite
RRUFF ID: R141068
Ideal Chemistry: (K₃Ca₂Na)[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O
Locality: Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless bladed to prismatic crystals, associated with gismondine and white tobermorite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R141068

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R141068.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 19.962(4)Å b: 14.259(3)Å c: 8.699(2)Å
alpha: 88.36(1)° beta: 125.111(9)° gamma: 89.59(1)° Volume: 2023.7(5)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Flörkeite
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]
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file]
Lengauer C L, Kolitsch U, Tillmanns E (2009) Flörkeite, K₃Ca₂Na[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O, a new phillipsite-type zeolite from the Bellerberg, East Eifel volcanic area, Germany, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 901-913 [view file]
Poirier G, Tait K T, Piilonen P C (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1121-1124 [view file]
Skrzyńska K, Cametti G, Galuskina I O, Vapnik Y, Galuskin E (2022) Flörkeite, (K₃Ca₂Na)[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O: A rare zeolite from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Israel, Lithosphere, 2022, 1343791 [view file]

REFERENCES for Flörkeite

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]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file]

Lengauer C L, Kolitsch U, Tillmanns E (2009) Flörkeite, K₃Ca₂Na[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O, a new phillipsite-type zeolite from the Bellerberg, East Eifel volcanic area, Germany, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 901-913 [view file]

Poirier G, Tait K T, Piilonen P C (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1121-1124 [view file]

Skrzyńska K, Cametti G, Galuskina I O, Vapnik Y, Galuskin E (2022) Flörkeite, (K₃Ca₂Na)[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O: A rare zeolite from pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex, Israel, Lithosphere, 2022, 1343791 [view file]