Gonnardite R100080
Name: Gonnardite
RRUFF ID: R100080
Ideal Chemistry: (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O
Locality: Rio Chiavone nero, Fara, Breganze, Vicenza, Italy
Source: Ivano Rocchetti [view label] [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White spherical aggregate of acicular crystals, associated with colorless analcime
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100080
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100080.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.026(5)Å    b: 13.026(5)Å    c: 6.622(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1123.5(3)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gonnardite

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]

Lacroix A (1896) Sur la gonnardite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 19, 426-429   [view file]

Meixner H, Hey M H, Moss A A (1956) Some new occurrences of gonnardite, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 265-272   [view file]

Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1006-1008   [view file]

Amirov S T, Asratkulu M O, Mamedov H S, Belov N V (1972) The crystal structure of zeolite-gonnardite Na2Ca[Al2Si3O10]2·6H2O, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 17, 316-317

Artioli G, Torres Salvador M R (1991) Characterization of the natural zeolite gonnardite. Structure analysis of natural and cation exchanged species by the Rietveld method, Material Science Forum, 79-82, 845-850

Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606   [view file]

Artioli G, Galli E (1999) Gonnardite: re-examination of holotype material and discreditation of tetranatrolite, American Mineralogist, 84, 1445-1450   [view file]

Lee Y, Hriljac J A, Parise J B, Vogt T (2006) Pressure-induced hydration in zeolite tetranatrolite, American Mineralogist, 91, 247-251   [view file]