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Name: Faujasite-Ca RRUFF ID: R070462 Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O Locality: Table Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S104917 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Isolated colorless octahedra in basalt vesicules, associated with spherical aggregates of colorless phillipsite-Ca Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070462.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 24.640(2)Å b: 24.640(2)Å c: 24.640(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 14959(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Faujasite-Ca | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Bergerhoff G, Baur W H, Nowacki W (1958) Über die Kristallstruktur des Faujasites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1958, 193-200 |
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Bennett J M, Smith J V (1968) Positions of cations and molecules in zeolites with the faujasite-type framework III. Hydrated Ca-exchanged faujasite, Materials Research Bulletin, 3, 933-940 |
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Pluth J J, Smith J V (1972) Positions of cations and molecules in zeolites with the faujasite-type framework VII. Dehydrated Ca-exchanged X, Materials Research Bulletin, 7, 1311-1322 |
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Wise W S (1982) New occurrence of faujasite in southeastern California, American Mineralogist, 67, 794-798 [view file] |
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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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Fatini R, Arletti R, Pastero L, Quartieri S, Di Renzo F, Cámara F, Vezzalini G (2018) Structure of natural and NH4-exchanged Sasbach faujasite: a single-crystal study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 515-523 |
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