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Heulandite-Ca R050647

Name: Heulandite-Ca
RRUFF ID: R050647
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O
Locality: Rat's Nest Claim, Custer County, Idaho, USA
Source: John Cornish
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink anhedral grains
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Heulandite (13) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050647.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.69Na_0.25K_0.06)₅(Si_0.80Al_0.20)₃₆O₇₂·24H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R050647

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050647.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 17.2378(8)Å b: 17.8862(9)Å c: 7.4135(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 113.659(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2093.6(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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

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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