Astrophyllite R060202 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Astrophyllite R060202

Name: Astrophyllite
RRUFF ID: R060202
Ideal Chemistry: K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F
Locality: Demix Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M27042 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of brown splintered wafers
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060202.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.56Na_0.38Ca_0.06)₃(Fe²⁺_0.52Mn_0.44Mg_0.04)₇(Ti_0.75Zr_0.15Al_0.15)₂Si₈O₂₄(O_0.27OH_0.73)₇
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin.

Pin ID:

M00349

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:

R060202

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060202.1

Sample Description:

Powder profile is measured, cell parameters are from single-crystal work

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.4110(6)Å b: 11.926(3)Å c: 11.696(3)Å
alpha: 113.06(1)° beta: 94.73(1)° gamma: 103.16(1)° Volume: 663.8(3) Crystal System: triclinic

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 Astrophyllite
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]
Scheerer T (1854) Verhandlungen des bergmännischen vereins zu Freiberg, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 12, 389-392 [view file]
Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]
Brøgger W C (1890) Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der sünorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 35. Astrophyllit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 16, 200-216 [view file]
Woodrow P J (1967) The crystal structure of astrophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, 22, 673-678
Manning P G (1968) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 663-677 [view file]
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 996-999 [view file]
Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26 [view file]
Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54 [view file]
Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of magnesium astrophyllite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 253-260
Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals: Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 431-431 [view file]

REFERENCES for Astrophyllite

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]

Scheerer T (1854) Verhandlungen des bergmännischen vereins zu Freiberg, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 12, 389-392 [view file]

Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]

Brøgger W C (1890) Die mineralien der syenitpegmatitgänge der sünorwegischen augit- und nephelinsyenite, 35. Astrophyllit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 16, 200-216 [view file]

Woodrow P J (1967) The crystal structure of astrophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, 22, 673-678

Manning P G (1968) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 663-677 [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 996-999 [view file]

Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26 [view file]

Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54 [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of magnesium astrophyllite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 253-260

Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals: Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 431-431 [view file]