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Illite R180024

Name: Illite
RRUFF ID: R180024
Ideal Chemistry: (K,H3O)Al2(Si3Al)O10(H2O,OH)2
Locality: Fithian, Illinois, USA
Source: Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc.
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Clay mineral standard, H-35
Status: unconfirmed
Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R180024.1
Sample Description: Powder
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Illite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 551-554   [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912   [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]

Drits V A, Zviagina B B, McCarty D K, Salyn A L (2010) Factors responsible for crystal-chemical variations in the solid solutions from illite to aluminoceladonite and from glauconite to celadonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 348-361   [view file]