Cavansite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Cavansite R050400

Name: Cavansite
RRUFF ID: R050400
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(V⁴⁺O)Si₄O₁₀·4H₂O
Locality: Poona, India
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spray of blue crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050400.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.99Mg_0.01)_Σ=1(V⁴⁺_1.00O)Si_4.00O₁₀·4H₂O
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:

R050400

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050400.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050400.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.7876(4)Å b: 13.6606(5)Å c: 9.6342(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1288.15(7) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Cavansite
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 (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]
Evans H T (1973) The crystal structures of cavansite and pentagonite, American Mineralogist, 58, 412-424 [view file]
Staples L W, Evans H T, Lindsay J R (1973) Cavansite and pentagonite, new dimorphous calcium vanadium silicate minerals from Oregon, American Mineralogist, 58, 405-411 [view file]
Powar K B, Byrappa K (2001) X-ray, thermal and infared studies of cavansite from Wagholi western Maharashtra, India, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 96, 1-6 [view file]
Hughes J M, Derr R S, Cureton F, Campana C F, Druschel G (2011) The crystal structure of cavansite: location of the H₂O molecules and hydrogen atoms in Ca(VO)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1267-1272

REFERENCES for Cavansite

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 (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 507-511 [view file]

Evans H T (1973) The crystal structures of cavansite and pentagonite, American Mineralogist, 58, 412-424 [view file]

Staples L W, Evans H T, Lindsay J R (1973) Cavansite and pentagonite, new dimorphous calcium vanadium silicate minerals from Oregon, American Mineralogist, 58, 405-411 [view file]

Powar K B, Byrappa K (2001) X-ray, thermal and infared studies of cavansite from Wagholi western Maharashtra, India, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 96, 1-6 [view file]

Hughes J M, Derr R S, Cureton F, Campana C F, Druschel G (2011) The crystal structure of cavansite: location of the H₂O molecules and hydrogen atoms in Ca(VO)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1267-1272