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Name: Chabazite-Na RRUFF ID: R070440 Ideal Chemistry: (Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O Locality: Faraglione dei Ciclopi, Aci Castello, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy Source: Michael Scott S102422 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of colorless blocky crystals associated with phillipsite-Na, R061094 Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Chabazite (8) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chabazite-Na samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070440.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.426(1)Å b: 9.426(1)Å c: 9.426(1)Å alpha: 94.077(1)° beta: 94.077(1)° gamma: 94.077(1)° Volume: 830.82(7)Å3 Crystal System: rhombohedral |
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REFERENCES for Chabazite-Na | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Dent L S, Smith J V (1958) Crystal structure of chabazite, a molecular sieve, Nature, 181, 1794-1796 |
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Mason B (1962) Herschelite - A valid species?, American Mineralogist, 47, 985-987 [view file] |
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Ames L L (1966) Alkali metal cation equilibria with chabazite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 572-581 [view file] |
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Gude A J, Sheppard R A (1966) Silica-rich chabazite from the Barstow Formation, San Bernardino County, Southern California, American Mineralogist, 51, 909-915 [view file] |
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Passaglia E (1970) The crystal chemistry of chabazites, American Mineralogist, 55, 1278-1301 [view file] |
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Alberti A, Galli E, Vezzalini G, Passaglia E, Zanazzi P F (1982) Position of cations and water molecules in hydrated chabazite. Natural and Na-, Ca-, Sr- and K-exchanged chabazites, Zeolites, 2, 303-309 |
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Mazzi F, Galli E (1983) The tetrahedral framework of chabazite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 461-480 |
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Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99 |
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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] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Nakatsuka A, Okada H, Fujiwara K, Nakayama N, Mizota T (2007) Crystallographic configurations of water molecules and exchangeable cations in a hydrated natural CHA-zeolite (chabazite), Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 102, 188-195 |
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Kong M, Lee Y, Gatta G D, Lee Y (2018) Comparative compressional behavior of chabazite with Li+, Na+, Ag+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+ as extra-framework cations, 103, 207-215 |
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