Boracite R070317 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Boracite R070317

Name: Boracite
RRUFF ID: R070317
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl
Locality: Douglashall, Westereglen, Stassfurt District, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless single crystal tetrahedron with minor cube modifications
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070317

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070317.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.100(1)Å b: 12.100(1)Å c: 12.100(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1771.5(1) Crystal System: cubic

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 Boracite
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]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Werner A G (1789) 36) Boracit, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 393-394 [view file]
Mehmel M (1932) Kristallstrukturelle Untersuchungen am Borazit, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 17, 436-438
Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal-structure refinements for orthorhombic boracite, Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl, and a trigonal, iron-rich analogue, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 64-99 [view file]
Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1996) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 881-892 [view file]
Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1997) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: an infrared spectroscopic study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 189-202 [view file]
Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]

REFERENCES for Boracite

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]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Werner A G (1789) 36) Boracit, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 393-394 [view file]

Mehmel M (1932) Kristallstrukturelle Untersuchungen am Borazit, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 17, 436-438

Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal-structure refinements for orthorhombic boracite, Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl, and a trigonal, iron-rich analogue, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 64-99 [view file]

Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1996) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 881-892 [view file]

Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1997) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: an infrared spectroscopic study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 189-202 [view file]

Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]