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Tsaregorodtsevite R060033

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Name: Tsaregorodtsevite
RRUFF ID: R060033
Ideal Chemistry: N(CH3)4Si4(SiAl)O12
Locality: Yaruta, Man-Hambo Mountain Range, North Urals, Russia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16838 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored pseudo cubo-dodecahedra
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Groups: [ sodalite (24) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ]
Quick search: [ All Tsaregorodtsevite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060033.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: N(CH3)4Si4.00(Si1.00Al1.00)Σ=2O12
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060033
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R060033.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060033.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.945(1)Å    b: 8.961(1)Å    c: 8.969(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 718.90(7)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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REFERENCES for Tsaregorodtsevite

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]

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]

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

Sokolova E V, Rybakov V B, Pautov L A (1991) The crystal structure of a new natural tetramethylammonium aluminosilicate [N(CH3)4][Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 36, 267-269   [view file]

Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y, Sokolova E V, Ignatenko K I (1993) Tsaregorodtsevite N(CH3)4[Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2 — a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, issue 1 128-135   [view file]

Sokolova E V, Rybakov V B, Pautov L A, Pushcharovskii D Y (1993) Structural changes in tsaregorodtsevite, Physics–Doklady, 38, 400-402   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014   [view file]

Sherriff B L, Sokolova E V, Cramer J, Kunath-Fandrei G, Jäger C, Pautov L A (1997) Changes in the crystal structure of tsaregorodtsevite [N(CH3)4][Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2 on heating, American Mineralogist, 82, 405-415   [view file]