Brucite R040077

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Record 609 of 4216  

Name: Brucite
RRUFF ID: R040077
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(OH)2
Locality: Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7404 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White fine-grained massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Brucite (5) ]
Quick search: [ All Brucite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040077.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Mg1.00(OH)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, cannot be oriented
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RRUFF ID: R040077
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, cannot be oriented
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040077.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040077.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.1467(1)Å    b: 3.1467(1)Å    c: 4.7679(4)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 120.°   Volume: 40.887(3)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Brucite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Tupper W M (1963) Brucite, a new occurrence at Meat Cove, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 796-804   [view file]

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Jiang F, Speziale S, Duffy T S (2006) Single-crystal elasticity of brucite, Mg(OH)2, to 15 GPa by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 91, 1893-1900   [view file]

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Ma M, Liu W, Chen Z, Liu Z, Li B (2013) Compression and structure of brucite to 31 GPa from synchrotron X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies, American Mineralogist, 98, 33-40

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Chien Y H, Wei K C, Hsieh W P (2022) Thermal conductivity of single-crystal brucite at high pressures: Implications for thermal anomaly in the shallow lower mantle, American Mineralogist, 107, 790-796

Miao Y, Zhu X, Ye Y, Smyth J R, Liu D, Hu Y, Chen G (2022) Crystal structures and high-temperature and high-pressure vibrational spectra of synthetic fluorine-bearing brucites, American Mineralogist, 107, 2065-2074