Lueshite

Lueshite

Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Lueshite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Lueshite

Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Lueshite

Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Lueshite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Lueshite

Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Lueshite

Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Lueshite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0018662	Lueshite	Vousden P (1951) The structure of ferroelectric sodium niobate at room temperature Acta Crystallographica 4 545-551		1951	synthetic	0	293
0018684	Lueshite	Sakowski-Cowley A C, Lukaszewicz K, Megaw H D (1969) The structure of sodium niobate at room temperature, and the problem of reliability in pseudosymmetric structures Acta Crystallographica B25 851-865		1969	synthetic	0	293
0010781	Lueshite	Seidel P, Hoffmann W (1976) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von NaNbO3 N. Bestimmung der absoluten konfiguration und des zwillingsgesetzes Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 143 444-459		1976		0	84
0018687	Lueshite	Xu H, Su Y, Balmer M L, Navrotsky A (2003) A new series of oxygen-deficient perovskites in the NaTixNb1-xO3-.05x system: synthesis, crystal chemistry, and energetics Chemistry of Materials 15 1872-1878		2003	synthetic	0	293
0018688	Lueshite	Xu H, Su Y, Balmer M L, Navrotsky A (2003) A new series of oxygen-deficient perovskites in the NaTixNb1-xO3-.05x system: synthesis, crystal chemistry, and energetics Chemistry of Materials 15 1872-1878		2003	synthetic	0	293
0018689	Lueshite	Xu H, Su Y, Balmer M L, Navrotsky A (2003) A new series of oxygen-deficient perovskites in the NaTixNb1-xO3-.05x system: synthesis, crystal chemistry, and energetics Chemistry of Materials 15 1872-1878		2003	synthetic	0	293
0018690	Lueshite	Xu H, Su Y, Balmer M L, Navrotsky A (2003) A new series of oxygen-deficient perovskites in the NaTixNb1-xO3-.05x system: synthesis, crystal chemistry, and energetics Chemistry of Materials 15 1872-1878		2003	synthetic	0	293
0018691	Lueshite	Xu H, Su Y, Balmer M L, Navrotsky A (2003) A new series of oxygen-deficient perovskites in the NaTixNb1-xO3-.05x system: synthesis, crystal chemistry, and energetics Chemistry of Materials 15 1872-1878		2003	synthetic	0	293
0018686	Lueshite	Hewat A W (1974) Neutron powder profile refinement of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric crystal structures: sodium niobate at 22 deg C Ferroelectrics 7 83-85		1974	synthetic	0	293
0018677	Lueshite	Mishchuk D O, V'yunov O I, Ovchar O V, Belous A G (2004) Structural and dielectric properties of solid solutions of sodium niobate in lanthanum and neodymium niobates Inorganic Materials 40 1324-1330		2004	synthetic	0	293
0018678	Lueshite	Mishchuk D O, V'yunov O I, Ovchar O V, Belous A G (2004) Structural and dielectric properties of solid solutions of sodium niobate in lanthanum and neodymium niobates Inorganic Materials 40 1324-1330		2004	synthetic	0	293
0018679	Lueshite	Mishchuk D O, V'yunov O I, Ovchar O V, Belous A G (2004) Structural and dielectric properties of solid solutions of sodium niobate in lanthanum and neodymium niobates Inorganic Materials 40 1324-1330		2004	synthetic	0	293
0018682	Lueshite	Mishchuk D O, V'yunov O I, Ovchar O V, Belous A G (2004) Structural and dielectric properties of solid solutions of sodium niobate in lanthanum and neodymium niobates Inorganic Materials 40 1324-1330		2004	synthetic	0	293
0018683	Lueshite	Mishchuk D O, V'yunov O I, Ovchar O V, Belous A G (2004) Structural and dielectric properties of solid solutions of sodium niobate in lanthanum and neodymium niobates Inorganic Materials 40 1324-1330		2004	synthetic	0	293
0013521	Lueshite	von der Muhll R, Sadel A, Hagenmuller P (1984) Structure cristalline a 295K de la phase ferroelectrique Li0.02Na0.98NbO3 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 51 176-182		1984	synthetic	0	293
0018685	Lueshite	Johnston K E, Tang C C, Parker J E, Knight K S, Lightfoot P, Ashbrook S E (2010) The polar phase of NaNbO3: a combined study by powder diffraction, solid-state NMR and first-principles calculations Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 8732-8746		2010	synthetic	0	293
0017963	Lueshite	Barth T (1925) Die Kristallstruktur von Perowskit und verwandter Verbindungen _cod_database_code 1011064 Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 8 201-219		1925		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Lueshite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Vousden P' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica' _journal_volume 4 _journal_year 1951 _journal_page_first 545 _journal_page_last 551 _publ_section_title ; The structure of ferroelectric sodium niobate at room temperature Note: this is a possible polymorph of lueshite ; _database_code_amcsd 0018662 _chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic' _chemical_formula_sum 'Na Nb O3' _cell_length_a 5.504 _cell_length_b 5.568 _cell_length_c 15.52 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 475.630 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.578 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 2 2 21' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x,y,1/2-z' 'x,-y,-z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z Na1 0.00000 0.51900 0.25000 Na2 0.50000 -0.01900 0.25000 Na3 0.51900 0.00000 0.50000 Na4 -0.01900 0.50000 0.50000 Nb1 0.01400 0.00500 0.37500 Nb2 0.51400 0.50500 0.37500 O1 0.25000 0.25000 0.37500 O2 0.75000 0.25000 0.37500 O3 0.25000 0.75000 0.37500 O4 0.75000 0.75000 0.37500 O5 0.00000 0.02500 0.25000 O6 0.50000 0.47500 0.25000 O7 0.02500 0.00000 0.50000 O8 0.47500 0.50000 0.50000

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Australia
New South Wales Gordon Co. ⓘ Toongi deposit	Spandler et al. (2016)
Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	166-175. +2 other references
Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable ⓘ Saint-Amable sill	Horváth et al. (1998)
ⓘ Demix-Varennes quarry	Horváth et al. (1998)
DR Congo (TL)
North Kivu Rutshuru Territory Bwito ⓘ Lueshe Mine (TL)	doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362 (89) +14 other references
Egypt
Red Sea Governorate ⓘ Pegmatite province	Gehad M. Saleh (2007)
Greenland
Kujalleq ⓘ Ilímaussaq complex	Petersen (2001)
Kangerluarsuk Fjord Head of Kangerluarsuk ⓘ Mellemelv Stream Valley	Pekov et al. (2002)
Qeqertaussaq Island ⓘ South Coast Pegmatite	Soerensen (1962)
ⓘ Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld)	Semenov et al. (1965)
ⓘ Tunulliarfik Fjord	Sørensen (1962)
Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Lake Baikal area ⓘ Tazheranskii Massif	Sklyarov +4 other references
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Afrikanda complex	Chakhmouradian et al. (1999)
Khibiny Massif ⓘ Koashva Mt	PEKOV et al. (2013)
Kovdorsky District ⓘ Kovdor Massif	Mikhailova et al. (2015) +2 other references
ⓘ Kovdor Phlogopite mine	N.V. Chukanov et al.: Zap. Vses. Mineral. Obshch. 133 (1)
ⓘ Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine	Mikhailova et al. (2015)
ⓘ Lesnaya Varaka Massif	Chakhmouradian et al. (1998)
ⓘ Lovozero Massif	...
Lovozersky District ⓘ Kontozero carbonatite	Petrovsky et al. (2012)
Northern Karelia ⓘ Sallanlatvi Massif	Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
ⓘ Sakha	[World of Stones 12:49]
ⓘ Arbarastakh complex	Doroshkevich et al. (2022)
Spain
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province Tenerife ⓘ Alcala	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Barranco Hondo	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Centinela	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Playa de Enramada	Dill et al. (2023)
USA
Colorado Fremont County ⓘ Gem Park complex	Eckel et al. (1997)
ⓘ Vermiculite Mine (MRDS - 10013422)	USGS Prof Paper 649 +1 other reference
Maine Aroostook County Pennington Mountain ⓘ REE-Nb-Zr occurrence	Chunzeng Wang +2 other references