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Name: Faujasite-Mg RRUFF ID: R080141 Ideal Chemistry: (Mg,Na,K,Ca)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O Locality: Limburg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless octahedra in basalt vesicles Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080141.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 24.666(6)Å b: 24.666(6)Å c: 24.666(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 15007(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Faujasite-Mg | |
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Bergerhoff G, Baur W H, Nowacki W (1958) Über die Kristallstruktur des Faujasites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1958, 193-200 |
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Rinaldi R, Smith J V, Jung G (1975) Chemistry and paragenesis of faujasite, phillipsite and offretite from Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1975, 433-443 |
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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] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Fatini R, Arletti R, Pastero L, Quartieri S, Di Renzo F, Cámara F, Vezzalini G (2018) Structure of natural and NH4-exchanged Sasbach faujasite: a single-crystal study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 515-523 |
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