Kalsilite R060030

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Name: Kalsilite
RRUFF ID: R060030
Ideal Chemistry: KAlSiO4
Locality: San Venanzo, Italy
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16160 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White acicular single crystals of kalsilite, associated with thinner colorless fluorapatite and brown tabular phlogopite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060030.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (K0.88Na0.10◻0.02)Si1.02Al0.94Fe0.04O4
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060030
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060030.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.1555(2)Å    b: 5.1555(2)Å    c: 8.6624(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 199.40(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Kalsilite

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]

Bowen N L (1917) The sodium-potassium nephelites, American Journal of Science, 43, 115-132   [view file]

Bannister F A, Hey M H (1942) Kalsilite, a polymorph of KAlSiO4, from Uganda, Mineralogical Magazine, 26, 218-225   [view file]

Holmes A (1942) A suite of volcanic rocks form south-west Uganda containing kalsilite (a polymorph of KAlSiO4), Mineralogical Magazine, 26, 197-217   [view file]

Fleischer M (1943) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 28, 61-64   [view file]

Bannister F A, Sahama T G. Wiik H B (1953) Kalsilite in venanzite from San Venanzo, Umbria, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 46-48   [view file]

Sahama T G, Neuvonen K J, Hytönen K (1956) Determination of the composition of kalsilites by an X-ray method, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 200-208   [view file]

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Perrotta A J and Smith J V (1965) The crystal structure of kalsilite, KAlSiO4, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 588-595   [view file]

Sood M K, Platt R G, Edgar A D (1970) Phase relations in portions of the system diopside-nepheline-kalsilite-silica and their importance in the genesis of alkaline rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 380-394   [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]

Andou Y, Kawahara A (1984) The refinement of the structure of synthetic kalsilite, Mineralogical Journal, 12, 153-161   [view file]

Kawahara A, Andou Y, Marumo F, Okuno M (1987) The crystal structure of high temperature form of kalsilite (KAlSiO4) at 950 °C, Mineralogical Journal, 13, 260-270   [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444   [view file]

Cellai D, Bonazzi P, Carpenter M A (1997) Natural kalsilite KAlSiO4, with P31c symmetry: Crystal structure and twinning, American Mineralogist, 82, 276-279   [view file]

Ageeva O A, Borutzky B Y (2004) Kalsilite in the rocks of Khibiny massif: morphology, paragenesis, genetic conditions, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 39, 40-49   [view file]

Gregorkiewitz M, Li Y, White T J, Withers R L, Sobrados I (2008) The structure of "orthorhombic" KAlSiO4-O1: evidence for Al-Si order from MAS NMR data combined with Rietveld refinement and electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1511-1526   [view file]

Gatta G D, Angel R J, Carpenter M A (2010) Low-temperature behavior of natural kalsilite with P31c symmetry: An in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1027-1034   [view file]

Gatta G D, Angel R J, Zhao J, Alvaro M, Rotiroti N, Carpenter M A (2011) Phase stability, elastic behavior, and pressure-induced structural evolution of kalsilite: A ceramic material and high-T/high-P mineral, American Mineralogist, 96, 1363-1372   [view file]

Novembre D, Gimeno D, D'Alessandro N, Tonucci L (2018) Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of kalsilite by using a kaolinitic rock from Sardinia, Italy, and its application in the production of biodiesel, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 961-973