Glauberite R070322
Name: Glauberite
RRUFF ID: R070322
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(SO4)2
Locality: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless tabular crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070322.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070322.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.1307(4)Å    b: 8.3030(2)Å    c: 8.5324(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 112.192(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 664.54(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Glauberite

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]

Brongniart A (1808) Sur une nouvelle espèce de minéral de la classe des sels, nommée glauberite, Journal des Mines, 23, 5-20   [view file]

Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124   [view file]

Cocco G, Corazza E, Sabelli C (1965) The crystal structure of glauberite, CaNa2(SO4)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 122, 175-184   [view file]

Araki T, Zoltai T (1967) Refinement of the crystal structure of a glauberite, American Mineralogist, 52, 1272-1277   [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18   [view file]