Mésotype

A material that is NOT an approved mineral species

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Natrolite, etc.

Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Natrolite

Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Natrolite, etc.

Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Natrolite, etc.

Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Natrolite

Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Natrolite, etc.

Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Natrolite, etc.

Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Natrolite

Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia

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About MésotypeHide

Synonym of:

Mesolite, Natrolite, Scolecite

Name used historically to describe natrolite, scolecite or mesolite.

The name was first introduced by Haüy.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

43745

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:43745:9

GUID
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77004edb-540e-4e89-9289-08c2cfeb190a

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0006834	Mesolite	Stuckenschmidt E, Kirfel A (2000) Zeolites of NAT topology: Structure refinement of mesolite from single crystal X-ray data and comparison with the structures of natrolite and scolecite European Journal of Mineralogy 12 571-579	2000		0	293
0000372	Natrolite	Peacor D R (1973) High temperature, single-crystal X-Ray study of natrolite American Mineralogist 58 676-680	1973		0	298
0000373	Natrolite	Peacor D R (1973) High temperature, single-crystal X-Ray study of natrolite American Mineralogist 58 676-680	1973		0	361
0000374	Natrolite	Peacor D R (1973) High temperature, single-crystal X-Ray study of natrolite American Mineralogist 58 676-680	1973		0	419
0000375	Natrolite	Peacor D R (1973) High temperature, single-crystal X-Ray study of natrolite American Mineralogist 58 676-680	1973		0	471
0004617	Natrolite	Wang H, Bish D L (2008) A PH2O-dependent structural phase transition in the zeolite natrolite American Mineralogist 93 1191-1194	2008	synthetic	0	673
0004618	Natrolite	Wang H, Bish D L (2008) A PH2O-dependent structural phase transition in the zeolite natrolite American Mineralogist 93 1191-1194	2008	synthetic	0	673
0006391	Natrolite	Baur W H, Kassner D, Kim C, Sieber N H W (1990) Flexibility and distortion of the framework of natrolite: crystal structures of ion-exchanged natrolites European Journal of Mineralogy 2 761-769	1990		0	293
0006392	Natrolite	Baur W H, Kassner D, Kim C, Sieber N H W (1990) Flexibility and distortion of the framework of natrolite: crystal structures of ion-exchanged natrolites European Journal of Mineralogy 2 761-769	1990		0	293
0006393	Natrolite	Baur W H, Kassner D, Kim C, Sieber N H W (1990) Flexibility and distortion of the framework of natrolite: crystal structures of ion-exchanged natrolites European Journal of Mineralogy 2 761-769	1990		0	293
0006399	Natrolite	Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen I G, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite Example: Na I European Journal of Mineralogy 2 799-807	1990		0	293
0006400	Natrolite	Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen I G, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite Example: Na II European Journal of Mineralogy 2 799-807	1990		0	293
0006401	Natrolite	Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen I G, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite Example: Na III European Journal of Mineralogy 2 799-807	1990		0	293
0006402	Natrolite	Krogh Andersen E, Krogh Andersen I G, Ploug-Sorensen G (1990) Disorder in natrolites: structure determinations of three disordered natrolites and one lithium-exchanged disordered natrolite Example: Li II European Journal of Mineralogy 2 799-807	1990		0	293
0006462	Natrolite	Stuckenschmidt E, Kassner D, Joswig W, Baur W H (1992) Flexibility and distortion of the collapsible framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of NH4-exchanged natrolite European Journal of Mineralogy 4 1229-1240	1992		0	293
0006590	Natrolite	Alberti A, Cruciani G, Dauru I (1995) Order-disorder in natrolite-group minerals European Journal of Mineralogy 7 501-508	1995		0	293
0006614	Natrolite	Stuckenschmidt E, Joswig W, Baur W H (1996) Flexibility and distortion of the collapsible framework of NAT topology: the crystal structure of H3O-natrolite European Journal of Mineralogy 8 85-92	1996		0	293
0007098	Natrolite	Seryotkin Y V, Bakakin V V, Fursenko B A, Belitsky I A, Joswig W, Radaelli P G (2005) Structural evolution of natrolite during over-hydration: a high-pressure neutron diffraction study European Journal of Mineralogy 17 305-313	2005		0.9	293
0007099	Natrolite	Seryotkin Y V, Bakakin V V, Fursenko B A, Belitsky I A, Joswig W, Radaelli P G (2005) Structural evolution of natrolite during over-hydration: a high-pressure neutron diffraction study European Journal of Mineralogy 17 305-313	2005		1	293
0007751	Natrolite	Stuckenschmidt E, Joswig W, Baur W H (1993) Natrolite, Part I: refinement of high-order data, separation of internal and external vibrational amplitudes from displacement parameters Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 19 562-570	1993		0	293
0018117	Natrolite	Taylor W, Meek C, Jackson W (1933) The structures of fibrous zeolites _cod_database_code 1011255 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 84 373-398	1933		0	293
0014892	Natrolite	Baur W H, Joswig W (1996) The phases of natrolite occurring during dehydration and rehydration studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods between room temperature and 923 K Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1996 171-187	1996	Khibiny, Kola peninsula, Russia	0	293
0014893	Natrolite	Baur W H, Joswig W (1996) The phases of natrolite occurring during dehydration and rehydration studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods between room temperature and 923 K Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1996 171-187	1996	Khibiny, Kola peninsula, Russia	0	293
0014894	Natrolite	Baur W H, Joswig W (1996) The phases of natrolite occurring during dehydration and rehydration studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods between room temperature and 923 K Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1996 171-187	1996	Khibiny, Kola peninsula, Russia	0	293
0006933	Scolecite	Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2002) High-pressure structural behaviour of scolecite European Journal of Mineralogy 14 567-574	2002		0.0001	293
0006934	Scolecite	Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2002) High-pressure structural behaviour of scolecite European Journal of Mineralogy 14 567-574	2002		1.77	293
0006935	Scolecite	Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2002) High-pressure structural behaviour of scolecite European Journal of Mineralogy 14 567-574	2002		3.38	293
0006936	Scolecite	Comodi P, Gatta G D, Zanazzi P F (2002) High-pressure structural behaviour of scolecite European Journal of Mineralogy 14 567-574	2002		0.0001	293
0008025	Scolecite	Stuckenschmidt E, Joswig W, Baur W H, Hofmeister W (1997) Scolecite, Part I: Refinement of high-order data, separation of internal and external vibrational amplitudes from displacement parameters Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 24 403-410	1997		0	293
0009906	Scolecite	Kuntzinger S, Ghermani N E, Dusausoy Y, Lecomte C (1998) Distribution and topology of the electron density in an aluminosilicate compound from high-resolution X-ray diffraction data: the case of scolecite Acta Crystallographica B54 819-833	1998		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Mesolite'
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_publ_author_name
'Stuckenschmidt E'
'Kirfel A'
_journal_name_full 'European Journal of Mineralogy'
_journal_volume 12 
_journal_year 2000
_journal_page_first 571
_journal_page_last 579
_publ_section_title
;
 Zeolites of NAT topology: Structure refinement of mesolite from single crystal
 X-ray data and comparison with the structures of natrolite and scolecite
;
_database_code_amcsd 0006834
_chemical_formula_sum 'Na2 Ca2 Al6 Si9 O38 H16'
_cell_length_a 18.4049
_cell_length_b 56.655
_cell_length_c 6.5443
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 6823.935
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.268
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'F d d 2'
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Na   0.96747   0.76095   0.63160   0.01920
Ca   0.22803   0.82739   0.88150   0.01160
Al1   0.78692   0.78024   0.61310   0.00640
Al10   0.95151   0.86235   0.89300   0.00660
Al100   0.03627   0.80211   0.89300   0.00660
Si1   0.75000   0.75000   0.00000   0.00700
Si10   0.00431   0.83181   0.27750   0.00680
Si2   0.15500   0.76431   0.87220   0.00620
Si20   0.08791   0.84687   0.65220   0.00660
Si200   0.90185   0.81979   0.65060   0.00640
O1   0.02290   0.80807   0.15230   0.01200
O10   0.98495   0.85318   0.12830   0.01470
O100   0.76808   0.77289   0.86490   0.01290
O2   0.82359   0.80834   0.59650   0.00880
O20   0.16645   0.85931   0.67110   0.01000
O200   0.07259   0.77381   0.86360   0.00900
O3   0.09621   0.82336   0.79470   0.01150
O30   0.88932   0.84186   0.80160   0.01220
O300   0.84344   0.75870   0.51530   0.01230
O4   0.20948   0.78462   0.95930   0.01100
O40   0.02187   0.86354   0.71790   0.01260
O400   0.95582   0.80064   0.75300   0.01280
O5   0.93731   0.82794   0.43390   0.01340
O50   0.07621   0.83890   0.41320   0.01200
O500   0.18021   0.75698   0.64160   0.01310
O6   0.78150   0.81608   0.07600   0.03540
O60   0.20078   0.84820   0.18350   0.03100
O600   0.05341   0.76845   0.37710   0.02110
O7   0.81792   0.85685   0.36480   0.02610
H61   0.77300   0.80440   0.00900   0.04000
H62   0.82300   0.81990   0.03800   0.18000
H601   0.16000   0.84350   0.23400   0.14000
H602   0.21700   0.85680   0.26900   0.06000
H6001   0.04600   0.78210   0.31600   0.05000
H6002   0.09500   0.76970   0.43000   0.05000
H71   0.86200   0.85400   0.31500   0.14000
H72   0.80500   0.87130   0.33000   0.16000