Zorite R060953

		Name: Zorite RRUFF ID: R060953 Ideal Chemistry: Na₆Ti₅Si₁₂O₃₄(O,OH)₅·11H₂O Locality: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of pale pink transparent acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Zorite (1) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060953.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060953

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060953.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 23.09(2)Å b: 7.17(9)Å c: 6.92(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1146(4)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Zorite
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]
Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 1111-1115 [view file]
Mer'kov A N, Bussen I V, Goiko E A, Kul'chitskaya E A, Men'shikov Y P, Nedorezova A P (1973) Raite and zorite - new minerals from the Lovozero Tundra, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 102, issue 1 54-62 [view file]
Sandomirskii P A, Belov N V (1979) The OD structure of zorite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 24, 686-693 [view file]