Boromuscovite R070107
Name: Boromuscovite
RRUFF ID: R070107
Ideal Chemistry: KAl2(Si3B)O10(OH)2
Locality: Little 3 mine, Ramona, California, USA
Source: Jeffrey E. Patterson 3,4,5 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White fine-grained micaceous on elbaite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070107
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Boromuscovite

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]

Foord E E, Martin R F, Fitzpatrick J J, Taggart J E, Crock J G (1991) Boromuscovite, a new member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 76, 1998-2002   [view file]

Liang J J, Hawthorne F C, Novák M, Černý P (1995) Crystal-structure refinement of boromuscovite polytypes using a coupled Rietveld-static-structure energy-minimization method, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 859-865   [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912   [view file]