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

Cuspidine R060049

Name: Cuspidine
RRUFF ID: R060049
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₄Si₂O₇F₂
Locality: Ariccia, Rome, Italy
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2225 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White and colorless spear-shaped single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060049.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_4.00Si_2.00O₇F_2.00
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:

R060049

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 780nm @ 50% of 600mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060049.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.923(2)Å b: 10.543(1)Å c: 7.543(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 109.69(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 817.9(1) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Cuspidine
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]
Scacchi A (1876) Della cuspidina e del neocrisolito, nuovi minerali vesuviani, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 15, 208-209 [view file]
Smirnova R F, Rumanova I M, Belov N V (1955) Crystal structure of cuspidine, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 84, 159-169 [view file]
Belov N V (1957) New silicate structures, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 757-758
Dent L S (1957) Zeophyllite: unit cell and transformation to cuspidine, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 760-760
Saburi S, Kawahara A, Henmi C, Kusachi I, Kihara K (1977) The refinement of the crystal structure of cuspidine, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 286-298 [view file]
Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1988) Modular mineralogy of the cuspidine group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 933-943 [view file]
Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2004) Chemical and structural study of the Zr, Ti-disilicates in the venanzite from Pian di Celle, Umbria, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 957-969

REFERENCES for Cuspidine

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]

Scacchi A (1876) Della cuspidina e del neocrisolito, nuovi minerali vesuviani, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 15, 208-209 [view file]

Smirnova R F, Rumanova I M, Belov N V (1955) Crystal structure of cuspidine, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 84, 159-169 [view file]

Belov N V (1957) New silicate structures, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 757-758

Dent L S (1957) Zeophyllite: unit cell and transformation to cuspidine, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 760-760

Saburi S, Kawahara A, Henmi C, Kusachi I, Kihara K (1977) The refinement of the crystal structure of cuspidine, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 286-298 [view file]

Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1988) Modular mineralogy of the cuspidine group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 933-943 [view file]

Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2004) Chemical and structural study of the Zr, Ti-disilicates in the venanzite from Pian di Celle, Umbria, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 957-969