Allanite-(La) - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Allanite-(La) R070246

Name: Allanite-(La)
RRUFF ID: R070246
Ideal Chemistry: CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Locality: Nueva Vizcaya Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Source: Michael Scott S102978 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Dark green prismatic crystal asociated with lustrous magnetite and pale green epidote
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Groups: [ allanite (7) ] [ epidote (31) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070246.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070246

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070246.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.931(1)Å b: 5.7078(5)Å c: 10.186(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 115.153(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 470.1(2)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.

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REFERENCES for Allanite-(La)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Lima de Faria, J (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites, Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 3R, 937-942 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]
Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]
Dollase W A (1971) Refinement of the crystal structures of epidote, allanite and hancockite, American Mineralogist, 56, 447-464 [view file]
Černý P, Černá I (1972) Bastnaesite after allanite from Rough Rock Lake, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 541-543 [view file]
Morin J A (1977) Allanite in granitic rocks of the Kenora - Vermilion Bay area, northwestern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 297-302 [view file]
Campbell F A, Ethier V G (1984) Composition of allanite in the footwall of the Sullivan orebody, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 507-511 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Meintzer R E, Mitchell R S (1988) The epigene alteration of allanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 945-955 [view file]
Pan Y, Fleet M E (1991) Vanadian allanite-(La) and vanadian allanite-(Ce) from the Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada, Mineralogical Magazine, 55, 497-507 [view file]
Ercit T S (2002) The mess that is "allanite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1411-1419 [view file]
Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170
Armbruster T, Bonazzi P, Akasaka M, Bermanec V, Chopin C, Giere R, Huess-Assbichler S, Liebscher A, Menchetti S, Pan Y, Pasero M (2006) Recommended nomeclature of epidote-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 551-567 [view file]
Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]
Orlandi P, Pasero M (2006) Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 63-68 [view file]
Pasero M, Orlandi P (2006) Two new minerals from Italy: ardennite-(V) and allanite-(La), 19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Kobe, Japan, 19, P31.04-P31.04 [view file]
Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2007) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 92, 1539-1542 [view file]
Bačík P, Uher P, Kozáková P, Števko M, Ozdín D, Vaculovič T (2018) Vanadian and chromian garnet- and epidote-supergroup minerals in metamorphosed Paleozoic black shales from Čierna Lehota, Strážovské vrchy Mountains, Slovakia: crystal chemistry and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 889-911

REFERENCES for Allanite-(La)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Lima de Faria, J (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites, Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 3R, 937-942 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]

Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]

Dollase W A (1971) Refinement of the crystal structures of epidote, allanite and hancockite, American Mineralogist, 56, 447-464 [view file]

Černý P, Černá I (1972) Bastnaesite after allanite from Rough Rock Lake, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 541-543 [view file]

Morin J A (1977) Allanite in granitic rocks of the Kenora - Vermilion Bay area, northwestern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 297-302 [view file]

Campbell F A, Ethier V G (1984) Composition of allanite in the footwall of the Sullivan orebody, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 507-511 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Meintzer R E, Mitchell R S (1988) The epigene alteration of allanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 945-955 [view file]

Pan Y, Fleet M E (1991) Vanadian allanite-(La) and vanadian allanite-(Ce) from the Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada, Mineralogical Magazine, 55, 497-507 [view file]

Ercit T S (2002) The mess that is "allanite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1411-1419 [view file]

Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170

Armbruster T, Bonazzi P, Akasaka M, Bermanec V, Chopin C, Giere R, Huess-Assbichler S, Liebscher A, Menchetti S, Pan Y, Pasero M (2006) Recommended nomeclature of epidote-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 551-567 [view file]

Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]

Orlandi P, Pasero M (2006) Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 63-68 [view file]

Pasero M, Orlandi P (2006) Two new minerals from Italy: ardennite-(V) and allanite-(La), 19th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Kobe, Japan, 19, P31.04-P31.04 [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2007) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 92, 1539-1542 [view file]

Bačík P, Uher P, Kozáková P, Števko M, Ozdín D, Vaculovič T (2018) Vanadian and chromian garnet- and epidote-supergroup minerals in metamorphosed Paleozoic black shales from Čierna Lehota, Strážovské vrchy Mountains, Slovakia: crystal chemistry and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 889-911