Prehnite R130046
Name: Prehnite
RRUFF ID: R130046
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2
Locality: Eagle Head (Deep Cove), Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Prehnite (4) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R130046
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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: R130046.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.6311(6)Å    b: 5.4878(5)Å    c: 18.502(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 470.2(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Prehnite

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]

Klaproth M H (1788) Chemische Zergliederung der Prehnits, Schriften der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 8, 211-223   [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398   [view file]

Jameson R (1805) Foliated Prehnite?, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 561-562   [view file]

Papike J J, Zoltai T (1967) Ordering of tetrahedral aluminum in prehnite, Ca2(Al,Fe+3)[Si3AlO10](OH)2, American Mineralogist, 52, 974-984

Aumento F (1968) The space group of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 485-492   [view file]

Franks S G (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of the New Bay Formation, Exploits zone, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 456-462   [view file]

Papezik V S (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of late Precambrian rock of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 463-468   [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]

Akizuki M (1987) Al,Si order and the internal texture of prehnite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 707-716   [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444   [view file]

Balić-Žunić T, Scavnicar S, Molin G (1990) Crystal structure of prehnite from Komiza, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 731-734

Inoue A, Utada M (1991) Pumpellyite and related minerals from hydrothermally altered rocks at the Kamikita area, northern Honshu Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 255-270   [view file]

Artioli G, Quartieri S, Deriu A (1995) Spectroscopic data on coexisting prehnite-pumpellyite and epidote-pumpellyite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 67-75   [view file]

Akasaka M, Hashimoto H, Makino K, Hino R (2003) 57Fe Mössbauer and X-ray Rietveld studies of ferrian prehnite from Kouragahana, Shimane Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 31-40   [view file]

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006   [link]

Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Welch M D (2008) Crystal chemistry and location of hydrogen atoms in prehnite, Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 1163   [view file]

Detrie T A, Ross N L, Angel R J, Gatta G D (2009) Equation of state and structure of prehnite to 9.8 GPa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 561-570