Carletonite R050255

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Name: Carletonite
RRUFF ID: R050255
Ideal Chemistry: KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(F,OH)·H2O
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of blue prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Carletonite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050255.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (K0.86Na0.14)Σ=1Na4.00Ca4.00Si8.00O18(CO3)4(F0.51(OH)0.49)Σ=1·H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050255
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050255.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050255.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050255.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.2047(4)Å    b: 13.2047(4)Å    c: 16.7119(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2914.0(0)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Carletonite

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]

Chao G Y (1971) Carletonite, KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(F,OH)·H2O, a new mineral from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, American Mineralogist, 56, 1855-1866   [view file]

Chao G Y (1972) The crystal structure of carletonite, KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(F,OH)·H2O, a double-sheet silicate, American Mineralogist, 57, 765-778   [view file]

Kaneva E, Radomskaya T, Suvorova L, Sterkhova I, Kozlov A, Mitichkin M (2018) Second occurence of carletonite, Murum Massif (Russia): SCXRD, powder XRD, EMPA, FTIR and TG-DSC study, Scientific Research Abstracts, 9, 40-40   [view file]

Kaneva E, Bogdanov A, Radomskaya T, Belozerova O, Shendrik R (2023) Crystal-chemical characterisation and spectroscopy of fluorcarletonite and carletonite, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 356-368