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Northupite R060156

Name: Northupite
RRUFF ID: R060156
Ideal Chemistry: Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
Locality: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gray octahedron
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Northupite (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060156.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_2.98Ca_0.02)_Σ=3Mg_1.00(CO₃)₂Cl_1.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060156

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060156.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.0546(1)Å b: 14.0546(1)Å c: 14.0546(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2776.25(8)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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 Northupite
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]
Foote W M (1895) Preliminary note on a new alkali mineral, American Journal of Science, 150, 480-481 [view file]
Pratt J H (1896) On northupite; pirssonite, a new mineral; gaylussite and hanksite from Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California, American Journal of Science, 152, 123-135 [view file]
Penfield S L, Jamieson G S (1905) On tychite, a new mineral from Borax Lake, California, and on its artificial production and its relations to northupite, American Journal of Science, 20, 217-224 [view file]
Penfield S L, Jamieson C S (1906) Über Tychit, ein neues Mineral vom Boraxsee in Californien, seine künstliche Darstellung und seine Beziehungen zum Northupit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 41, 235-242 [view file]
Watanabé T (1933) Les structures cristallines de la northupite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃2NaCl et de la tychite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃Na₂SO₄, Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 21, 40-62 [view file]
dal Negro A, Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of northupite: Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 158-163
Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 1516-1522
Krivovichev S V, Panikorovskii T L, Bazai A V, Sidorov M Y (2023) The crystal structure of manganotychite, Na₆Mn₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄), and structural relations in the northupite group, Crystals, 13, 800 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Northupite

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]

Foote W M (1895) Preliminary note on a new alkali mineral, American Journal of Science, 150, 480-481 [view file]

Pratt J H (1896) On northupite; pirssonite, a new mineral; gaylussite and hanksite from Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California, American Journal of Science, 152, 123-135 [view file]

Penfield S L, Jamieson G S (1905) On tychite, a new mineral from Borax Lake, California, and on its artificial production and its relations to northupite, American Journal of Science, 20, 217-224 [view file]

Penfield S L, Jamieson C S (1906) Über Tychit, ein neues Mineral vom Boraxsee in Californien, seine künstliche Darstellung und seine Beziehungen zum Northupit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 41, 235-242 [view file]

Watanabé T (1933) Les structures cristallines de la northupite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃2NaCl et de la tychite 2MgCO₃2Na₂CO₃Na₂SO₄, Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 21, 40-62 [view file]

dal Negro A, Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of northupite: Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 158-163

Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 1516-1522

Krivovichev S V, Panikorovskii T L, Bazai A V, Sidorov M Y (2023) The crystal structure of manganotychite, Na₆Mn₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄), and structural relations in the northupite group, Crystals, 13, 800 [link] [view file]