Dixenite R100044
Name: Dixenite
RRUFF ID: R100044
Ideal Chemistry: Cu1+Fe3+Mn2+14(As5+O4)(As3+O3)5(SiO4)2(OH)6
Locality: Moss mine, Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden
Source: William W Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Thin tabular reddish-brown hexagonal plates, associated with synadelphite and colorless or grey allactite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Hematolite (6) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100044
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100044.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.246(4)Å    b: 8.246(4)Å    c: 37.235(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 2192.6(5)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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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 Dixenite

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]

Flink G (1920) Trigonit och dixenit, två nya mineral från Långbanshytte gruvor, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 42, 436-452   [view file]

Wherry E T (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 92-95   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Araki T, Moore P B (1981) Dixenite, Cu1+Mn2+14Fe3+(OH)6(As3+O3)5(Si4+O4)2(As5+O4): metallic [As3+4Cu1+] clusters in an oxide matrix, American Mineralogist, 66, 1263-1273   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M (2021) The suppression of lone-pair stereoactivity in [Cu+(As3+O3 )4 ] clusters in dixenite: A tribute to Paul B. Moore, American Mineralogist, 106, 1580-1585