Bicchulite R220020

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Name: Bicchulite
RRUFF ID: R220020
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2
Locality: Mono County, California, USA.
Source: Bruce White
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless granular crystals, associated with calcite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] [ sodalite (24) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R220020.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Reference File: [ View PDF ]
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R220020
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.883(2) Å    b: 8.883(2) Å    c: 8.883(2) Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 700.9(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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REFERENCES for Bicchulite

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]

Henmi C, Kusachi I, Henmi K, Sabine P A, Young B R (1973) A new mineral bicchulite, the natural analogue of gehlenite hydrate, from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan and Carneal, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Mineralogical Journal, 7, 243-251   [view file]

Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 1330-1332   [view file]

Sahl K, Chatterjee N D (1977) The crystal structure of bicchulite, Ca2[Al2SiO6](OH)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 146, 35-41   [view file]

Gupta A K, Chatterjee N D (1978) Synthesis, composition, thermal stability, and thermodynamic properties of bicchulite, Ca2[Al2SiO6](OH)2, American Mineralogist, 63, 58-65   [view file]

Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719   [view file]

Sahl K (1980) Refinement of the crystal structure of bicchulite, Ca2[Al2SiO6](OH)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 152, 13-21   [view file]

Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13

Meller N, Kyritsis K, Hall C (2009) The mineralogy of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350°C, Cement and Concrete Research, 39, 45-53