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Donnayite-(Y) R110164

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Name: Donnayite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R110164
Ideal Chemistry: NaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O
Locality: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald M Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of greenish-grey platy crystals in a prismatic hexagonal stacking, associated with siderite, rhodochrosite and albite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Mckelveyite (2) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.
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RRUFF ID: R110164
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110164.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.019(3)Å    b: 8.992(3)Å    c: 6.759(2)Å
alpha: 116.44(1)°    beta: 102.85(2)°    gamma: 60.06(1)°   Volume: 425.3(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Donnayite-(Y)

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]

Chao G Y, Mainwaring P R, Baker J (1978) Donnayite, NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6·3H2O, a new mineral from Mont St-Hilaire, Québec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 335-340   [view file]

Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659   [view file]

Thi T T L, Pobedimskaja E A, Nadezhina T N, Khomjakov A P (1984) The crystal structures of alkaline carbonates: barentsite, bonshtedtite and donnayite, Acta Crystallographica, A40, C257

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]

Tjy C T L, Pobedimskaya E A, Nadezhina T N, Khomyakov A P (1992) Polymorphism of donnayite (Na,REE)Sr(CO3)2·H2O (in Russian), Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 47, 60-70

Tjy C T L, Pobedimskaya E A, Nadezhina T N, Khomyakov A P (1992) Polymorphism of donnayite (Na, TR)Sr(CO3)2 ·H2O, Moscow University Geology Bulletin, 47, 60-70

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1328-1333   [view file]

Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250   [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 70, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 591-601   [view file]

Lykova I, Rowe R, Poirier G, Giester G, Ojaste K, Friis H (2023) Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 1: Nomenclature and new data on donnayite-(Y), European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 133-142   [view file]