R040139 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Mesolite R040139

Name: Mesolite
RRUFF ID: R040139
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O
Locality: Lake Superior beach, 41 miles north of Tofte, Minnesota, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9618 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of white radiating thin acicular crystals.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Natrolite (13) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040139.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Na_1.95Ca_1.89(Si_9.21Al_5.82)O₃₀·8H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented perpendicular to fiber axis with fibers parallel to feducial mark, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00494

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040139

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040139.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040139.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.408(2)Å b: 56.605(8)Å c: 6.544(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 6819(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Mesolite
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]
Haüy R J (1801) Mésotype, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 151-160 [view file]
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]
Nawaz R, Malone J F, Din V K (1985) Pseudomesolite is mesolite, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 103-105 [view file]
Artioli G (1986) X-ray structure refinement of mesolite, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 937-942
Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolite–mesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470 [view file]
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
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]
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]
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

REFERENCES for Mesolite

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]

Haüy R J (1801) Mésotype, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 151-160 [view file]

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]

Nawaz R, Malone J F, Din V K (1985) Pseudomesolite is mesolite, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 103-105 [view file]

Artioli G (1986) X-ray structure refinement of mesolite, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 937-942

Gunter M E, Knowles C R, Schalck D K (1993) Composite natrolite–mesolite crystals from the Columbia River Basalt Group, Clarkston, Washington, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 467-470 [view file]

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

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]

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]

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