Colquiriite R070417
Name: Colquiriite
RRUFF ID: R070417
Ideal Chemistry: CaLiAlF6
Locality: Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Picuí, Paraíba; Northeast, Brazil
Source: Michael Scott S102008 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless thin hexagonal plates associated with strengite and triplite, sample used to update X-ray data in JCPDS files
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070417.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
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: R070417.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.0016(8)Å    b: 5.0016(8)Å    c: 9.636(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 208.76(5)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Colquiriite

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]

Viebahn W (1971) Untersuchungen an quaternären fluoriden LiMeIIMeIIIF6 die struktur von LiCaAlF6, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 386, 335-339

Walenta K, Lehmann B, Zwiener M (1980) Colquiriite, a new fluoride mineral from the Colquiri tin ore deposit, Bolivia, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 27, 275-281

Cabri L J, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1099-1103   [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Francis C A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 878-879   [view file]

Bolotina N B, Maksimov B A, Simonov V I, Derzhavin S I, Uvarova T V (1993) Atomic structure and spectral properties of LiCaAlF6:Cr3+ single crystals, Crystallography Reports, 38, 446-450