Behoite R060659
Name: Behoite
RRUFF ID: R060659
Ideal Chemistry: Be(OH)2
Locality: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S101143 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored reticulated groups
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060659.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060659.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.620(2)Å    b: 7.04(6)Å    c: 4.530(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 147.3(2)    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Behoite

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]

Seitz A, Rösler U, Schubert K (1950) Kristallstruktur von β-Be(OH)2, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 261, 94-105

Ehlmann A J, Mitchell R S (1970) Behoite, beta-Be(OH)2, from the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, American Mineralogist, 55, 1-9   [view file]

Stahl R, Jung C, Lutz H D, Kockelmann W, Jacobs H (1998) Crystal structures and hydrogen bonding for β-Be(OH)2 and ε-Zn(OH)2, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 624, 1130-1136

Jacobs H, Niemann A, Kockelmann W (2005) Low temperature investigations of hydrogen bridge bonds in the hydroxides β–Be(OH)2 and ε–Zn(OH)2 by Raman–spectroscopy as well as X–ray and neutron diffraction, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 631, 1247-1254