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Eudialyte R060206

Name: Eudialyte
RRUFF ID: R060206
Ideal Chemistry: Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂
Locality: Desourdy Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M27116 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-brown gemmy fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ]

Quick search: [ All Eudialyte samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060206.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_13.12Ca_1.62K_0.26)_Σ=15(Ca_4.47Mn_1.00Ce_0.32La_0.21)_Σ=6(Fe_2.91Mn_0.09)_Σ=3Zr_3.00(Si_0.85Nb_0.15)_Σ=1Si_25.00O₇₃((OH)_2.70O_0.30)_Σ=3(Cl_1.20(OH)_0.80)_Σ=2

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

M00202

Orientation:

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

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060206

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060206.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.226(1)Å b: 14.226(1)Å c: 29.929(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5245(1)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.

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Eudialyte
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]
Stromeyer F (1819) Summary of meeting 16 December 1819, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 3, 1993-2000 [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]
Milton C (1965) Note on the occurrence of eudialyte in Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 382-383 [view file]
Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1971) Crystal structure of eudialite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 70-74 [view file]
Edgar A D, Blackburn C E (1972) Eudialyte from the Kipawa Lake area, Temiscamingue CO., Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 554-559 [view file]
Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1973) Crystal structure of eudialyte, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 993-996 [view file]
Harris C, Rickard R S (1987) Rare-earth-rich eudialyte and dalyite from a peralkaline granite dyke at Straumsvola, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 755-762 [view file]
Johnsen O, Grice J D (1999) The crystal chemistry of the eudialyte group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 865-891 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 939-942 [view file]
Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Rozenberg K A, Khomyakov A P (2009) Crystal structure of high-silica K,Na-ordered acentric eudialyte analogue, Doklady Chemistry, 424, 11-14 [view file]
Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Verin I A (2009) Crystal structure of centrosymmetric 12-layer sodium-rich eudialyte, Crystallography Reports, 54, 413-417
Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file]
Estrade G, Salvi S, Béziat D (2018) Crystallization and destabilization of eudialyte-group minerals in peralkaline granite and pegmatite: a case study from the Ambohimirahavavy complex, Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 375-399
Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943
Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34

REFERENCES for Eudialyte

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]

Stromeyer F (1819) Summary of meeting 16 December 1819, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 3, 1993-2000 [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]

Milton C (1965) Note on the occurrence of eudialyte in Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 382-383 [view file]

Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1971) Crystal structure of eudialite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 70-74 [view file]

Edgar A D, Blackburn C E (1972) Eudialyte from the Kipawa Lake area, Temiscamingue CO., Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 554-559 [view file]

Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1973) Crystal structure of eudialyte, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 993-996 [view file]

Harris C, Rickard R S (1987) Rare-earth-rich eudialyte and dalyite from a peralkaline granite dyke at Straumsvola, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 755-762 [view file]

Johnsen O, Grice J D (1999) The crystal chemistry of the eudialyte group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 865-891 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 939-942 [view file]

Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Rozenberg K A, Khomyakov A P (2009) Crystal structure of high-silica K,Na-ordered acentric eudialyte analogue, Doklady Chemistry, 424, 11-14 [view file]

Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Verin I A (2009) Crystal structure of centrosymmetric 12-layer sodium-rich eudialyte, Crystallography Reports, 54, 413-417

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file]

Estrade G, Salvi S, Béziat D (2018) Crystallization and destabilization of eudialyte-group minerals in peralkaline granite and pegmatite: a case study from the Ambohimirahavavy complex, Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 375-399

Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943

Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34