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Antigorite R070228

Name: Antigorite
RRUFF ID: R070228
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Locality: Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine), Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100701 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Compact massive, light to dark green associated with chromite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ serpentine (12) ] [ Clay (86) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070228.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_2.93Fe_0.07)_Σ=3Si_2.00O₅(OH)₄ ; trace amounts of Al and Mn; OH estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070228

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:

R070228.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070228.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 43.617(3)Å b: 9.208(1)Å c: 7.2716(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 92.34(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2918.1(3)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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REFERENCES for Antigorite
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]
Schweizer E (1840) Ueber den Antigorit, ein neues Mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 19, 595-599 [view file]
Zussman J (1954) Investigation of the crystal structure of antigorite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 498-512 [view file]
Zussman J, Brindley G W, Comer J J (1957) Electron diffraction studies of serpentine minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 133-153 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Dungan M A (1979) A microprobe study of antigorite and some serpentine pseudomorphs, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 771-784 [view file]
Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]
Yada K (1979) Microstructures of chrysotile and antigorite by high–resolution electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 679-691 [view file]
Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138 [view file]
Otten M T (1993) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy of polysomatism and stacking defects in antigorite, American Mineralogist, 78, 75-84 [view file]
Uehara S, Kamata K (1994) Antigorite with a large supercell from Saganoseki, Oita Prefecture, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 93-103 [view file]
O'Hanley D S, Wicks F J (1995) Conditions of formation of lizardite, chrysotile and antigorite, Cassiar, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 753-773 [view file]
Uehara S (1998) TEM and XRD study of antigorite and superstructures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1595-1605 [view file]
Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (2002) Revised structure models for antigorite: An HRTEM study, American Mineralogist, 87, 1443-1457 [view file]
Rinaudo C, Gastaldi D, Belluso E (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 883-890 [view file]
Capitani G C, Mellini M (2006) The crystal structure of a second antigorite polysome (m = 16), by single-crystal synchrotron diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 394-399 [view file]
Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (2006) Does antigorite really contain 4- and 8-membered rings of tetrahedra?, American Mineralogist, 91, 1831-1838 [view file]
Capitani G C, Mellini M (2007) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) investigation of antigorite polysomes (m = 15 to 18), American Mineralogist, 92, 64-71 [view file]
Roth P (2007) Antigorite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 34-35
Noguchi N, Moriwaki T, Ikemoto Y, Shinoda K (2012) OH group behavior and pressure-induced amorphization of antigorite examined under high pressure and temperature using synchrotron infrared spectrscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, 134-142 [view file]
Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326
Marquardt H, Speziale S, Koch-Müller M, Marquardt K, Capitani G C (2015) Structural insights and elasticity of single-crystal antigorite from high-pressure Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy measured in the (010) plane, American Mineralogist, 100, 1932-1939
Clément M, Padrón-Navarta J A, Tommasi A, Mainprice D (2018) Non-hydrostatic stress field orientation inferred from orthopyroxene (Pbca) to low-clinoenstatite (P2₁/c) inversion in partially dehydrated serpentinites, American Mineralogist, 103, 993-1001
Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288
Di Perro S, Groppo C, Compagnoni R, Capitani G, Mellini M (2019) Fe-rich antigorite: a rock-forming mineral from low-temperature/high-pressure meta-ophicarbonates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 775-784
Ferrand T P (2019) Neither antigorite nor its dehydration is "metastable", American Mineralogist, 104, 788-790
Shen T, Zhang C, Chen J, Hermann J, Zhang L, Pardón-Navarta J A, Chen L, Xu J, Yang J (2020) Changes in the cell parameters of antigorite close to its dehydration reaction at subduction zone conditions, American Mineralogist, 105, 569-582

REFERENCES for Antigorite

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]

Schweizer E (1840) Ueber den Antigorit, ein neues Mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 19, 595-599 [view file]

Zussman J (1954) Investigation of the crystal structure of antigorite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 498-512 [view file]

Zussman J, Brindley G W, Comer J J (1957) Electron diffraction studies of serpentine minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 133-153 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Dungan M A (1979) A microprobe study of antigorite and some serpentine pseudomorphs, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 771-784 [view file]

Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]

Yada K (1979) Microstructures of chrysotile and antigorite by high–resolution electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 679-691 [view file]

Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138 [view file]

Otten M T (1993) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy of polysomatism and stacking defects in antigorite, American Mineralogist, 78, 75-84 [view file]

Uehara S, Kamata K (1994) Antigorite with a large supercell from Saganoseki, Oita Prefecture, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 93-103 [view file]

O'Hanley D S, Wicks F J (1995) Conditions of formation of lizardite, chrysotile and antigorite, Cassiar, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 753-773 [view file]

Uehara S (1998) TEM and XRD study of antigorite and superstructures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1595-1605 [view file]

Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (2002) Revised structure models for antigorite: An HRTEM study, American Mineralogist, 87, 1443-1457 [view file]

Rinaudo C, Gastaldi D, Belluso E (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 883-890 [view file]

Capitani G C, Mellini M (2006) The crystal structure of a second antigorite polysome (m = 16), by single-crystal synchrotron diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 394-399 [view file]

Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (2006) Does antigorite really contain 4- and 8-membered rings of tetrahedra?, American Mineralogist, 91, 1831-1838 [view file]

Capitani G C, Mellini M (2007) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) investigation of antigorite polysomes (m = 15 to 18), American Mineralogist, 92, 64-71 [view file]

Roth P (2007) Antigorite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 34-35

Noguchi N, Moriwaki T, Ikemoto Y, Shinoda K (2012) OH group behavior and pressure-induced amorphization of antigorite examined under high pressure and temperature using synchrotron infrared spectrscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, 134-142 [view file]

Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326

Marquardt H, Speziale S, Koch-Müller M, Marquardt K, Capitani G C (2015) Structural insights and elasticity of single-crystal antigorite from high-pressure Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy measured in the (010) plane, American Mineralogist, 100, 1932-1939

Clément M, Padrón-Navarta J A, Tommasi A, Mainprice D (2018) Non-hydrostatic stress field orientation inferred from orthopyroxene (Pbca) to low-clinoenstatite (P2₁/c) inversion in partially dehydrated serpentinites, American Mineralogist, 103, 993-1001

Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288

Di Perro S, Groppo C, Compagnoni R, Capitani G, Mellini M (2019) Fe-rich antigorite: a rock-forming mineral from low-temperature/high-pressure meta-ophicarbonates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 775-784

Ferrand T P (2019) Neither antigorite nor its dehydration is "metastable", American Mineralogist, 104, 788-790

Shen T, Zhang C, Chen J, Hermann J, Zhang L, Pardón-Navarta J A, Chen L, Xu J, Yang J (2020) Changes in the cell parameters of antigorite close to its dehydration reaction at subduction zone conditions, American Mineralogist, 105, 569-582