Nitratine R050394
Name: Nitratine
RRUFF ID: R050394
Ideal Chemistry: Na(NO3)
Locality: Tarapaca, Chile
Source: Mark Candee
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless coarse powder
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Calcite (36) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050394.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00NO3 ; = darker grains. The lighter grains are NaCl ; N not analyzed but estimated by difference and stiochiometry
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050394
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050394.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050394.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixed with halite, a = 5.6417
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.0716(2)Å    b: 5.0716(2)Å    c: 16.834(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 374.97(4)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Nitratine

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]

Brooke H J (1823) On the crystalline forms of artificial salts, The Annals of Philosophy, 5, 449-452;38-43;117-121;374   [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Erste Klasse: Akrogenide. IV. Ordnung. Salze. IV. Nitrumsalz. Nitratin., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 487-492   [view file]

Nakagawa I, Walter J L (1969) Optically active crystal vibrations of the alkali-metal nitrates, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 51, 1389-1397

Paul G L, Pryor A W (1972) The study of sodium nitrate by neutron diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2700-2702

Goettlicher S, Knoechel C D (1978) Zur kristallstruktur von natrumnitrat, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 148, 101-105   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055   [view file]

Ahtee M, Nurmela M, Suortti P, Jarvinen M (1989) Correction for preferred orientation in Rietveld refinement, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 22, 261-268