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Datolite R050136

Name: Datolite
RRUFF ID: R050136
Ideal Chemistry: CaB(SiO₄)(OH)
Locality: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Source: Dave Bunk Minerals
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Gadolinite (18) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050136.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.00BSi_1.00O₄(OH) ; trace amounts of Fe; B and OH estimated by stoichiometry end charge balance
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00362

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050136

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050136.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050136.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.8345(3)Å b: 7.6111(6)Å c: 9.632(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.156(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 354.42(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
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	DIF File
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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Datolite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Klaproth M H (1806) Chemische Untersuchung des Datoliths, Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 6, 107-110 [view file]
Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]
Pavlov P V, Belov N V (1959) The structures of herderite, datolite, and gadolinite determined by direct methods, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 4, 300-314 [view file]
Pant A K, Cruickshank D W J (1967) A reconsideration of the structure of datolite, CaBSiO₄(OH), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 286-297 [view file]
Bakakin V V, Belov N V, Borisov S V, Solovyeva L P (1970) The crystal structure of nordite and its relationship to melilite and datolite-gadolinite, American Mineralogist, 55, 1167-1181 [view file]
Foit F F, Phillips M W, Gibbs G V (1973) A refinement of the crystal structure of datolite, CaBSiO₄(OH), American Mineralogist, 58, 909-914 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Pushcharovskii D Y, Pekov I V, Voloshin A V (1996) Crystal structure of calcybeborosilite and its place in the datolite-gadolinite isomorphous series, Kristallografiya, 41, 235-239 [view file]
Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Perchiazzi N, Gualtieri A F, Merlino S, Kampf A R (2004) The atomic structure of bakerite and its relationship to datolite, American Mineralogist, 89, 767-776 [view file]
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Rice M S, Bell J F, Cloutis E A, Wang A, Ruff S W, Craig M A, Bailey D T, Johnson J R, de Souza P A, Farrand W H (2010) Silica-rich deposits and hydrated minerals at Gusev Crater, Mars: Vis-NIR spectral characterization and regional mapping, Icarus, 205, 375-395
Rinaldi R, Gatta G D, Angel R J (2010) Crystal chemistry and low-temperature behavior of datolite: a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1413-1421 [view file]
Bačík P, Miyawaki R, Atencio D, Cámara F, Fridrichová (2017) Nomenclature of the gadolinite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 1067-1082
Atencio D (2023) Minasgeraisite-(Y) discredited as an ordered intermediate between datolite and hingganite-(Y), Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 738-740

REFERENCES for Datolite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Klaproth M H (1806) Chemische Untersuchung des Datoliths, Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 6, 107-110 [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]

Pavlov P V, Belov N V (1959) The structures of herderite, datolite, and gadolinite determined by direct methods, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 4, 300-314 [view file]

Pant A K, Cruickshank D W J (1967) A reconsideration of the structure of datolite, CaBSiO₄(OH), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 286-297 [view file]

Bakakin V V, Belov N V, Borisov S V, Solovyeva L P (1970) The crystal structure of nordite and its relationship to melilite and datolite-gadolinite, American Mineralogist, 55, 1167-1181 [view file]

Foit F F, Phillips M W, Gibbs G V (1973) A refinement of the crystal structure of datolite, CaBSiO₄(OH), American Mineralogist, 58, 909-914 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Pushcharovskii D Y, Pekov I V, Voloshin A V (1996) Crystal structure of calcybeborosilite and its place in the datolite-gadolinite isomorphous series, Kristallografiya, 41, 235-239 [view file]

Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Perchiazzi N, Gualtieri A F, Merlino S, Kampf A R (2004) The atomic structure of bakerite and its relationship to datolite, American Mineralogist, 89, 767-776 [view file]

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Rice M S, Bell J F, Cloutis E A, Wang A, Ruff S W, Craig M A, Bailey D T, Johnson J R, de Souza P A, Farrand W H (2010) Silica-rich deposits and hydrated minerals at Gusev Crater, Mars: Vis-NIR spectral characterization and regional mapping, Icarus, 205, 375-395

Rinaldi R, Gatta G D, Angel R J (2010) Crystal chemistry and low-temperature behavior of datolite: a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1413-1421 [view file]

Bačík P, Miyawaki R, Atencio D, Cámara F, Fridrichová (2017) Nomenclature of the gadolinite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 1067-1082

Atencio D (2023) Minasgeraisite-(Y) discredited as an ordered intermediate between datolite and hingganite-(Y), Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 738-740