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|   |   | Name: Gmelinite-Na RRUFF ID: R060168 Ideal Chemistry: Na4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O Locality: Five Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada Source: Guy Ouellet Owner: RRUFF Description: Salmon-red interpenetrating prismatic rhombohedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Gmelinite (6) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Gmelinite-Na samples (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060168.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 13.7401(5)Å    b: 13.7401(5)Å    c: 10.0488(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1643.0(0)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Gmelinite-Na | |
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| 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] | |
| Brewster D (1825) Description of gmelinite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 2, 262-267 [view file] | |
| Barrer R M (1944) Sorption by gmelinite and mordenite, Transactions of the Faraday Society, 44, 555-564 | |
| Passaglia E, Pongiluppi D, Vezzalini G (1978) The crystal chemistry of gmelinites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 310-324 | |
| Fischer K (1982) Untersuchung der kristallstruktur von gmelinit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1982, 145-155 | |
| Sacerdoti M, Passaglia E, Carnevali R (1995) Structural refinements of Na-, K-, and Ca-exchanged gmelinites, Zeolites, 15, 276-281 | |
| 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] | |
| Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] | |
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