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Analcime-Pollucite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals
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About Analcime-Pollucite SeriesHide

Series Formula:
Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O to (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O
A series between Analcime and Pollucite

Each of the analcime polytypes appears to be in series with the coresponding pollucite polytypes.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
8595
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:8595:9

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:
 1
SiO245.80 %
Al2O315.93 %
Na2O1.15 %
K2O0.04 %
Rb2O0.32 %
Cs2O35.60 %
CaO0.06 %
Total:98.9 %
Sample references:
IDLocalityReferenceNotes
1Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
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0000654AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 1 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000655AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 2 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000656AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 3 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000657AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 4 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000658AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 5 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000659AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 6 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0000660AnalcimeMazzi F, Galli E (1978) Is each analcime different? ANA 7 American Mineralogist 63 448-46019780293
0002062AnalcimeCruciani G, Gualtieri A (1999) Dehydration dynamics of analcime by in situ synchrotron powder diffraction American Mineralogist 84 112-11919990298
0002063AnalcimeCruciani G, Gualtieri A (1999) Dehydration dynamics of analcime by in situ synchrotron powder diffraction American Mineralogist 84 112-11919990632
0002064AnalcimeCruciani G, Gualtieri A (1999) Dehydration dynamics of analcime by in situ synchrotron powder diffraction American Mineralogist 84 112-11919990921
0004133AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy0.0001293
0004134AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy0.0001293
0004135AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy0.91293
0004136AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy1.23293
0004137AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy2.12293
0004138AnalcimeGatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime American Mineralogist 91 568-5782006Su Marralzu, Sardinia, Italy5.04293
0010728AnalcimeFerraris G, Jones D W, Yerkess J (1972) A neutron-diffraction study of the crystal structure of analcime, NaAlSi2O6*H2O Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 135 240-2521972Cyclopean Islands, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy0293
0010978AnalcimePechar F (1988) The crystal structure of natural monoclinic analcime (NaAlSi2O6*H2O) Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 184 63-691988Husa u Marcinova, Bohemia, Czech Republic0293
0014059AnalcimeMoroz N K, Seryotkin Yu V, Afanasiev I S, Belitzkii I A (1998) Arrangement of extraframework cations in NH4-analcime Journal of Structural Chemistry 39 281-2831998River Nidym, Siberian platform, Russia0293
0014403AnalcimeYokomori Y, Idaka S (1998) The crystal structure of analcime Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 21 365-3701998synthetic0293
0018999AnalcimeLikhachieva A Y, Rashchenko S V, Seryotkin Y V (2012) The deformation mechanism of a pressure-induced phase transition in dehydrated analcime Mineralogical Magazine 76 129-1422012Nidym River, East Siberia, Russia0293
0019000AnalcimeLikhachieva A Y, Rashchenko S V, Seryotkin Y V (2012) The deformation mechanism of a pressure-induced phase transition in dehydrated analcime Mineralogical Magazine 76 129-1422012Nidym River, East Siberia, Russia0.9293
0000159PolluciteNewnham R E (1967) Crystal structure and optical properties of pollucite American Mineralogist 52 1515-151819670293
0004971PolluciteGatta G D, Rotiroti N, Boffa Ballaran T, Sanchez-Valle C, Pavese A (2009) Elastic behavior and phase stability of pollucite, a potential host for nuclear waste American Mineralogist 94 1137-11432009Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA0293
0018016PolluciteNaray-Szabo S (1938) Die Struktur des Pollucits (Cs Al Si2 O6)*(H2 O)X _cod_database_code 1011122 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 99 277-28219380293
0018017PolluciteNaray-Szabo S (1938) Die Struktur des Pollucits (Cs Al Si2 O6)*(H2 O)X _cod_database_code 1011123 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 99 277-28219380293
0010690PolluciteBeger R M (1969) The crystal structure and chemical composition of pollucite Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 129 280-3021969Rumford, Maine, USA0293
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