Bobdownsite R070653 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Bobdownsite R070653

Name: Bobdownsite
RRUFF ID: R070653
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₉Mg(PO₄)₆(PO₃F)
Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless rhombohedral crystals embedded in a fine-grained matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070653.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_8.97Na_0.03)_Σ=9(Mg_0.97Al_0.03)_Σ=1(P_1.00O₃(F_0.83(OH)_0.17)_Σ=1)(P_1.00O₄)₆; 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:

R070653

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070653.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.336(2)Å b: 10.336(2)Å c: 37.054(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3428(2) Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Bobdownsite
Gnos E, Hofmann B, Franchi I A, Al-Kathiri A, Hauser M, Moser (2002) Sayh al Uhaymir 094: A new martian meteorite from the Oman desert, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37, 835-854 [view file]
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file]
Tait K T, Barkley M C, Thompson R M, Origlieri M J, Evans S H, Prewitt C T, Yang H (2011) Bobdownsite, a new mineral species from Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada, and its structural relationship with whitlockite-type compounds, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1065-1078 [view file]

REFERENCES for Bobdownsite

Gnos E, Hofmann B, Franchi I A, Al-Kathiri A, Hauser M, Moser (2002) Sayh al Uhaymir 094: A new martian meteorite from the Oman desert, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 37, 835-854 [view file]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file]

Tait K T, Barkley M C, Thompson R M, Origlieri M J, Evans S H, Prewitt C T, Yang H (2011) Bobdownsite, a new mineral species from Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada, and its structural relationship with whitlockite-type compounds, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1065-1078 [view file]