Deerite R070393
Name: Deerite
RRUFF ID: R070393
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5
Locality: Laytonville quarry, Laytonville, Mendocino County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101050 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black bladed crystals embedded in quartz and fibrous riebeckite
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: R070393.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.774(2)Å    b: 18.903(2)Å    c: 9.561(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 107.085(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1861.2(6)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Deerite

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]

Agrell S O, Bown M G, McKie D (1965) Deerite, howieite, and zussmanite, three new minerals from the Franciscan of the Laytonville District, Mendicino Co., California, American Mineralogist, 50, 278-278   [view file]

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

Fleet M E (1977) The crystal structure of deerite, American Mineralogist, 62, 990-998   [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262   [view file]

Wood R M (1979) The iron-rich blueschist facies minerals: I. deerite, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 251-259   [view file]