Chlorapatite R060192
Name: Chlorapatite
RRUFF ID: R060192
Ideal Chemistry: Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Locality: Parelhas, Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil
Source: Luiz Menezes [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to gray fine-grained parallel aggregates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060192.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca4.97Mn0.03)Σ=5(P1.00O4)3(Cl0.69(OH)0.29F0.02)Σ=1 ; trace amounts of Sr ; (OH) estimated by difference and stoichiometry
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, too fine-grained to orient, 532 nm spectra overwhelmed by fluorescence
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RRUFF ID: R060192
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, too fine-grained to orient, 532 nm spectra overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060192.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4677(5)Å    b: 18.947(2)Å    c: 6.8328(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120.059(4)°   Volume: 1060.83(7)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Chlorapatite

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]

Rammelsberg C F (1860) Apatit, in Handbuch der Mineralchemie Wilhelm Engelmann Leipzig 351-355   [view file]

Chao G Y, Hounslow A W (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Monoclinic chlorapatite from Bob's Lake, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 286-286   [view file]

Hounslow A W, Chao G Y (1970) Monoclinic chlorapatite from Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 252-259   [view file]

Mackie P E, Young R A (1974) Fluorine-chlorine interaction in fluor-chlorapatite, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 319-329

Argiolas R, Baumer A (1978) Synthèse de chlorapatite par voie hydrothermale: étude de l'influence de la sursaturation sur l'évolution des faciès des cristaux, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 285-290   [view file]

Effenberger H, Pertlik F (1978) Die kristallstruktur des finnemanits, Pb5Cl(AsO3)3, mit einem vergleich zum strukturtyp des chlorapatits, Ca5Cl(PO4)3, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 26, 95-107

Argiolas R, Baumer A, Lapraz D (1979) Caractérisation des cristaux de chlorapatite synthétisés par voie hydrothermale: discussion à propos d’anomalies optiques, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 573-577   [view file]

Baumer A, Caruba R, Bizouard H, Peckett A (1983) Chlorapatite de synthèse: substitution et inclusions de Mn, Ce, U et Th en traces, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 567-573   [view file]

Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044   [view file]

Meurer W P, Hellström F A, Claeson D T (2004) The relationship between chlorapatite and PGE-rich cumulates in layered intrusions: the Kläppsjö Gabbro, north-central Sweden, as a case study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 279-289   [view file]

Nokhrin S M, Pan Y, Weil J A, Nilges M J (2005) Multifrequency EPR study of radiation-induced defects in chlorapatite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1581-1588   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]

Dordevic T, Sutovic S, Stojanovic J, Karanovic L (2008) Sr, Ba and Cd arsenates with the apatite-type structure, Acta Crystallographica, C64, i82-i86

Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179