Cafarsite R080118
Name: Cafarsite
RRUFF ID: R080118
Ideal Chemistry: Ca5.9Mn1.7Fe3Ti3(AsO3)12·4-5H2O
Locality: Monte Cervandone, Val Devero, Piedmont, Italy
Source: Renato and Adriana Pagano [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark reddish-brown pseudocubic crystals associated with black clinochlore and white orthoclase
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080118.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 15.9857(8)Å    b: 15.9857(8)Å    c: 15.9857(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 4085.0(2)    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Cafarsite

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]

Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 1579-1589   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330   [view file]

Edenharter A, Nowacki W, Weibel M (1977) Zur struktur und zusammensetzung von cafarsit, cafarsit ein As(III)-oxid, kein arsenat, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 57, 1-16

Fleischer M, Pabst A, White J S (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 793-796   [view file]

Roth P (2007)  , in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 48-49