Blödite R050317

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Name: Blödite
RRUFF ID: R050317
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Locality: Stassfurt, Germany
Source: American Museum of Natural History 65127 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Blodite (3) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050317.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na2.00Mg1.00(S1.00O4)2ยท4H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050317
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050317.9
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050317.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.132(8)Å    b: 8.256(5)Å    c: 5.542(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 100.85(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 500(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Blödite

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]

John J F (1821) Chemische Zerlegung eines neuen fossilen Salzes, des Blödits, in Chemische Untersuchungen mineralischer, vegetabilischer und animalischer Substanzen Maurerschen Buchhandlung Berlin 240-247   [view file]

Schulze H (1889) Mineralogisches aus Tarapacá, Verhandlungen des Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Vereines zu Santiago, 2, 49-60   [view file]

Blasdale W C, Robson H L (1928) The system water and the sulfates of sodium and magnesium, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 50, 35-46   [view file]

Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124   [view file]

Rumanova I M, Malitskaya G I (1959) Revision of the structure of astrakhanite by weighted phase projection methods, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 481-495

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1982) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 513-514   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1985) Refinement of the crystal structure of bloedite: structural similarities in the [VIM(IVTΦ4)2Φn] finite-cluster minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 669-674   [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18   [view file]

Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Balić-Žunić T, Zucchini A, Hanfland M (2014) The high-pressure behavior of bloedite: A synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 99, 511-518

Balić-Žunić T, Birkedal R, Katerinopoulou A, Comodi P (2016) Dehydration of blödite, Na2Mg(SO4)2(H2O)4, and leonite, K2Mg(SO4)2(H2O)4, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 33-42