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Pectolite-Serandite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Serandite, etc.

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

Serandite

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

Larimar

Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

Serandite, etc.

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

Serandite

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

Larimar

Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

Serandite, etc.

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

Serandite

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

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About Pectolite-Serandite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Series Formula:

NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH) to NaMn₂²⁺Si₃O₈(OH)

A series between Pectolite and Serandite

This series also includes schizolite, an ordered (CaMn) intermediate member of the series.

Related to nolzeite which contains essential B.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8687

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8687:1

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419388b1-9aab-4d5d-9aae-00b052512512

Crystallography of Pectolite-Serandite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0010648	Pectolite	Prewitt C T (1967) Refinement of the structure of pectolite, Ca2NaHSi3O9 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 125 298-316	1967	Erie railroad cut, Bergen Hill, New Jersey, USA	293
0000499	Serandite	Takeuchi Y, Kudoh Y, Yamanaka T (1976) Crystal chemistry of the serandite-pectolite series and related minerals American Mineralogist 61 229-237	1976		293
0000623	Serandite	Ohashi Y, Finger L W (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series sample SRN, from Rouma, Island of Los, Guinea American Mineralogist 63 274-288	1978		293
0002430	Serandite	Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Sheldon R I (2000) Two proton positions in the very strong hydrogen bond of serandite, NaMn2[Si3O8(OH)] American Mineralogist 85 745-752	2000		293
0002431	Serandite	Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Sheldon R I (2000) Two proton positions in the very strong hydrogen bond of serandite, NaMn2[Si3O8(OH)] American Mineralogist 85 745-752	2000		293
0020402	Serandite	Williams E R, Weller M T (2014) A variable-temperature neutron diffraction study of serandite: A Mn-silicate framework with a very strong, two-proton site, hydrogen bond American Mineralogist 99 1755-1760	2014	Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	4
0020403	Serandite	Williams E R, Weller M T (2014) A variable-temperature neutron diffraction study of serandite: A Mn-silicate framework with a very strong, two-proton site, hydrogen bond American Mineralogist 99 1755-1760	2014	Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	150
0020404	Serandite	Williams E R, Weller M T (2014) A variable-temperature neutron diffraction study of serandite: A Mn-silicate framework with a very strong, two-proton site, hydrogen bond American Mineralogist 99 1755-1760	2014	Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	298
0020405	Serandite	Williams E R, Weller M T (2014) A variable-temperature neutron diffraction study of serandite: A Mn-silicate framework with a very strong, two-proton site, hydrogen bond American Mineralogist 99 1755-1760	2014	Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	575
0020406	Serandite	Williams E R, Weller M T (2014) A variable-temperature neutron diffraction study of serandite: A Mn-silicate framework with a very strong, two-proton site, hydrogen bond American Mineralogist 99 1755-1760	2014	Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	800
0010758	Serandite	Takeuchi Y, Kudoh Y, Haga N (1973) The interpretation of partial Patterson functions and its application to structure analyses of serandite Mn2NaHSi3O9 and banalsite BaNa2Al4Si4O16 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 138 313-336	1973	Tanohata mine, Japan	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Pectolite'
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_publ_author_name
'Prewitt C T'
_journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie'
_journal_volume 125 
_journal_year 1967
_journal_page_first 298
_journal_page_last 316
_publ_section_title
;
 Refinement of the structure of pectolite, Ca2NaHSi3O9
;
_database_code_amcsd 0010648
_chemical_compound_source 'Erie railroad cut, Bergen Hill, New Jersey, USA'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ca2 Na H Si3 O9'
_cell_length_a 7.988
_cell_length_b 7.04
_cell_length_c 7.025
_cell_angle_alpha 90.52
_cell_angle_beta 95.18
_cell_angle_gamma 102.47
_cell_volume 383.994
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.875
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
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  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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_atom_site_fract_z
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Ca1   0.85480   0.59360   0.14490 ?
Ca2   0.84670   0.08390   0.14050 ?
Na   0.55240   0.25960   0.34330 ?
H   0.16200   0.62500   0.53000   0.03166
Si1   0.21850   0.40150   0.33740 ?
Si2   0.21500   0.95440   0.34400 ?
Si3   0.45050   0.73530   0.14470 ?
O1   0.65260   0.78710   0.12800 ?
O2   0.33000   0.70430  -0.05350 ?
O3   0.18640   0.49600   0.53950 ?
O4   0.17830   0.84650   0.54110 ?
O5   0.06330   0.38600   0.17330 ?
O6   0.06000   0.89610   0.17680 ?
O7   0.39920   0.53490   0.27200 ?
O8   0.39550   0.90920   0.27460 ?
O9   0.26280   0.19080   0.38510 ?
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_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Ca1 0.00550 0.00311 0.00644 -0.00027 0.00110 -0.00024
Ca2 0.00489 0.00335 0.00644 0.00000 0.00110 -0.00024
Na 0.00672 0.01818 0.01809 -0.00108 0.00385 0.00000
Si1 0.00305 0.00096 0.00347 -0.00054 -0.00055 -0.00024
Si2 0.00305 0.00144 0.00347 -0.00027 -0.00028 -0.00073
Si3 0.00092 0.00263 0.00322 -0.00081 0.00000 0.00000
O1 0.00336 0.00311 0.00669 0.00000 0.00165 0.00073
O2 0.00397 0.00598 0.00099 -0.00054 -0.00055 -0.00024
O3 0.00702 0.00335 0.00273 0.00243 -0.00055 -0.00097
O4 0.00916 0.00383 0.00297 -0.00054 0.00110 -0.00049
O5 0.00458 0.00431 0.00322 -0.00054 -0.00028 0.00073
O6 0.00336 0.00478 0.00520 -0.00054 -0.00165 -0.00195
O7 0.00214 0.00287 0.00743 -0.00189 0.00000 0.00170
O8 0.00092 0.00383 0.00917 -0.00135 0.00028 -0.00365
O9 0.00397 0.00144 0.00595 -0.00054 -0.00083 -0.00049

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Pectolite-Serandite Series in petrologyHide

An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.

Igneous rock
- Normal crystalline igneous rock
  - Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
    - Foid-syenitoid
      - Foid-syenite
        Nepheline-syenite
        Kaxtorpite
        Lakarpite

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References for Pectolite-Serandite SeriesHide

Reference List:

Schaller, Waldemar T. (1955) The pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. American Mineralogist, 40 (11-12) 1022-1031

Takéuchi, Yoshio, Kudoh, Yasuhiro, Yamanaka, Takamitsu (1976) Crystal chemistry of the serandite-pectolite series and related minerals. American Mineralogist, 61 (3-4) 229-237

Ohashi, Yoshikazu, Finger, Larry W. (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. American Mineralogist, 63 (3-4) 274-288

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