R040025 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Nepheline R040025

Name: Nepheline
RRUFF ID: R040025
Ideal Chemistry: Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Locality: Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6304 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White massive mixture of 88% nepheline, 12% cancrinite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ Tridymite (7) ] [ Nepheline (6) ]

Quick search: [ All Nepheline samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040025.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.77K_0.23)_Σ=1Al_1.00Si_1.00O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00106

Orientation:

Laser parallel to c* (0 0 1). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040025

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040025.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040025.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.0011(2)Å b: 10.0011(2)Å c: 8.3855(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 726.37(3)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Nepheline
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]
Haüy R J (1801) Népheline, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 186-190 [view file]
Rammelsberg C (1877) Ueber Nephelin, Monacit und Silberwismuthglanz, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 77-81 [view file]
Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file]
Bowen N L (1917) The sodium-potassium nephelites, American Journal of Science, 43, 115-132 [view file]
Bannister F A, Hey M H (1931) A chemical, optical, and X-ray study of nepheline and kaliophilite, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 569-608 [view file]
Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571 [view file]
Smith J V, Tuttle O F (1957) The nepheline-kalsilite system: I. X-ray data for the crystalline phases, American Journal of Science, 255, 282-305
Chao G Y, Harris D C, Hounslow A W, Mandarino J A, Perrault G (1967) Minerals from the nepheline syenite Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 109-123 [view file]
Moyd L (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Large nepheline and biotite crystals in calcite veins near Bancroft, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 302-303 [view file]
Rimsaite J (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Studies of micas from uncommon rocks. I. Micas from nepheline syenite, Blue Mountain, Ontario, and from carbonatite, Oka, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 304-304 [view file]
Davidson A (1970) Nepheline-K-feldspar intergrowth from Kaminak Lake, Northwest territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 191-206 [view file]
Sood M K, Platt R G, Edgar A D (1970) Phase relations in portions of the system diopside-nepheline-kalsilite-silica and their importance in the genesis of alkaline rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 380-394 [view file]
Simmons W B, Peacor D R (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of a volcanic nepheline, American Mineralogist, 57, 1711-1719 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Platt R G (1979) Nepheline – plagioclase intergrowth of metasomatic origin from the Coldwell complex, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 537-540 [view file]
Matson D W, Sharma S K, Philpotts J A (1986) Raman-spectra of some tectosilicates and of glasses along the orthoclase-anorthite and nepheline-anorthite joins, American Mineralogist, 71, 694-704 [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]
Elías-Herrera M, Rubinovich-Kogan R, Cruz R L S, Sánchez-Zavala J L (1991) Nepheline-rich foidolites and rare-earth mineralization in the El Picacho Tertiary intrusive complex, Sierra de Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 319-336 [view file]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Kahlenberg V, Bohm H (1998) Crystal structure of hexagonal trinepheline - A new synthetic NaAlSiO₄ modification, American Mineralogist, 83, 631-637 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Hassan I, Antao S M, Hersi A A M (2003) Single-crystal XRD, TEM and thermal studies of the satellite reflections in nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 759-783 [view file]
Tait K T, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, Khomyakov A P (2003) The crystal chemistry of nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 61-70 [view file]
Gatta G D, Angel R J (2007) Elastic behavior and pressure-induced structural evolution of nepheline: implications for the nature of the modulated superstructure, American Mineralogist, 92, 1446-1455 [view file]
Angel R J, Gatta G C, Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2008) The mechanism of coupling in the modulated structure of nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1465-1476 [view file]
Vulic P, Kahlenberg V, Konzett J (2008) On the existence of a Na-deficient monoclinic trinepheline with composition Na_7.85Al_7.85Si_8.15O₃₂, American Mineralogist, 93, 1072-1079 [view file]
Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Nepheline: structure of three samples from the Bancroft area, Ontario, obtained using synchrotron high-resolution powder x-ray diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 69-80 [view file]
Zaitsev V A, Kogarko L N, Senin V G (2013) Phase equilibria in the system lamprophyllite-nepheline, Geochemistry International, 51, 889-895 [view file]
Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 42. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 445-451 [view file]
Hamada M, Akasaka M, Ohfuji H (2019) Crystal chemistry of K-rich nepheline in nephelinite from Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 239-247
Henderson, C M B (2020) Nepheline solid solution compositions: stoichiometry revisited, reviewed, clarified and rationalised, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 813-838 [view file]

REFERENCES for Nepheline

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]

Haüy R J (1801) Népheline, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 186-190 [view file]

Rammelsberg C (1877) Ueber Nephelin, Monacit und Silberwismuthglanz, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 77-81 [view file]

Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file]

Bowen N L (1917) The sodium-potassium nephelites, American Journal of Science, 43, 115-132 [view file]

Bannister F A, Hey M H (1931) A chemical, optical, and X-ray study of nepheline and kaliophilite, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 569-608 [view file]

Barrer R M, White E A D (1952) The hydrothermal chemitry of silicates Part II.* Synthetic crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952, 1561-1571 [view file]

Smith J V, Tuttle O F (1957) The nepheline-kalsilite system: I. X-ray data for the crystalline phases, American Journal of Science, 255, 282-305

Chao G Y, Harris D C, Hounslow A W, Mandarino J A, Perrault G (1967) Minerals from the nepheline syenite Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 109-123 [view file]

Moyd L (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Large nepheline and biotite crystals in calcite veins near Bancroft, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 302-303 [view file]

Rimsaite J (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Studies of micas from uncommon rocks. I. Micas from nepheline syenite, Blue Mountain, Ontario, and from carbonatite, Oka, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 304-304 [view file]

Davidson A (1970) Nepheline-K-feldspar intergrowth from Kaminak Lake, Northwest territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 191-206 [view file]

Sood M K, Platt R G, Edgar A D (1970) Phase relations in portions of the system diopside-nepheline-kalsilite-silica and their importance in the genesis of alkaline rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 380-394 [view file]

Simmons W B, Peacor D R (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of a volcanic nepheline, American Mineralogist, 57, 1711-1719 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Platt R G (1979) Nepheline – plagioclase intergrowth of metasomatic origin from the Coldwell complex, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 537-540 [view file]

Matson D W, Sharma S K, Philpotts J A (1986) Raman-spectra of some tectosilicates and of glasses along the orthoclase-anorthite and nepheline-anorthite joins, American Mineralogist, 71, 694-704 [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]

Elías-Herrera M, Rubinovich-Kogan R, Cruz R L S, Sánchez-Zavala J L (1991) Nepheline-rich foidolites and rare-earth mineralization in the El Picacho Tertiary intrusive complex, Sierra de Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 319-336 [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Kahlenberg V, Bohm H (1998) Crystal structure of hexagonal trinepheline - A new synthetic NaAlSiO₄ modification, American Mineralogist, 83, 631-637 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Hassan I, Antao S M, Hersi A A M (2003) Single-crystal XRD, TEM and thermal studies of the satellite reflections in nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 759-783 [view file]

Tait K T, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, Khomyakov A P (2003) The crystal chemistry of nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 61-70 [view file]

Gatta G D, Angel R J (2007) Elastic behavior and pressure-induced structural evolution of nepheline: implications for the nature of the modulated superstructure, American Mineralogist, 92, 1446-1455 [view file]

Angel R J, Gatta G C, Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2008) The mechanism of coupling in the modulated structure of nepheline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1465-1476 [view file]

Vulic P, Kahlenberg V, Konzett J (2008) On the existence of a Na-deficient monoclinic trinepheline with composition Na_7.85Al_7.85Si_8.15O₃₂, American Mineralogist, 93, 1072-1079 [view file]

Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Nepheline: structure of three samples from the Bancroft area, Ontario, obtained using synchrotron high-resolution powder x-ray diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 69-80 [view file]

Zaitsev V A, Kogarko L N, Senin V G (2013) Phase equilibria in the system lamprophyllite-nepheline, Geochemistry International, 51, 889-895 [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 42. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 445-451 [view file]

Hamada M, Akasaka M, Ohfuji H (2019) Crystal chemistry of K-rich nepheline in nephelinite from Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 239-247

Henderson, C M B (2020) Nepheline solid solution compositions: stoichiometry revisited, reviewed, clarified and rationalised, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 813-838 [view file]