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Name: Mesolite RRUFF ID: R040140 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O Locality: Challis, Idaho, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16169 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White fibrous mass, associated with barrierite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Mesolite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040140.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, appears to be a mix of mesolite and barrierite | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.413(1)Å b: 56.631(4)Å c: 6.551(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 6831(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Mesolite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Haüy R J (1801) Mésotype, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 151-160 [view file] |
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Gehlen A F, Fuchs J N (1813) Ueber Werner's Zeolith, Hauy's Mesotype und Stilbite, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 8, 353-366 [view file] |
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Nawaz R, Malone J F, Din V K (1985) Pseudomesolite is mesolite, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 103-105 [view file] |
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Artioli G (1986) X-ray structure refinement of mesolite, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 937-942 |
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Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolitemesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470 [view file] |
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Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532 |
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Goryainov S V, Belitsky I A (1995) Raman spectroscopy of water tracer diffusion of zeolite single crystals, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 22, 443-452 [link] |
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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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Stuckenschmidt E, Kirfel A (2000) Zeolites of NAT topology: Structure refinement of mesolite from single crystal X-ray data and comparison with the structures of natrolite and scolecite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 571-579 |
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