A R040021 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Heulandite-Ca R040021

Name: Heulandite-Ca
RRUFF ID: R040021
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O
Locality: Prospect Park, Patterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 797 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of colorless lamellar crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Heulandite (13) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040021.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Na_0.25(Na_0.55K_0.45)_Σ=1(Ca_2.42Na_0.85Sr_0.73)_Σ=4.00(Si_27.60Al_8.40)_Σ=36O₇₂·24H₂O ; H₂O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

l00406

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040021

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040021.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040021.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 17.742(2)Å b: 17.852(4)Å c: 7.4293(7)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 116.46(1)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 2106.7(4)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Heulandite-Ca
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 [view file]
Alberti A (1972) On the crystal structure of the zeolite heulandite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 129-146
Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99
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]
Yang P, Stolz J, Armbruster T, Gunter M E (1997) Na, K, Rb, and Cs exchange in heulandite single crystals: diffusion kinetics, American Mineralogist, 82, 517-525 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]
Akizuki M, Kudoh Y, Nakamura S (1999) Growth texture and symmetry of heulandite-Ca from Poona, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1307-1312 [view file]
Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2001) High-pressure structural behaviour of heulandite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 497-505

REFERENCES for Heulandite-Ca

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 [view file]

Alberti A (1972) On the crystal structure of the zeolite heulandite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 129-146

Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99

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]

Yang P, Stolz J, Armbruster T, Gunter M E (1997) Na, K, Rb, and Cs exchange in heulandite single crystals: diffusion kinetics, American Mineralogist, 82, 517-525 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file]

Akizuki M, Kudoh Y, Nakamura S (1999) Growth texture and symmetry of heulandite-Ca from Poona, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1307-1312 [view file]

Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2001) High-pressure structural behaviour of heulandite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 497-505