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

Donpeacorite R060646

Name: Donpeacorite
RRUFF ID: R060646
Ideal Chemistry: (Mn,Mg)MgSi₂O₆
Locality: Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100819 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orangish-brown fine grained massive
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060646.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn²⁺_0.58Mg_0.40Ca_0.03)_Σ=1Mg_1.00(Si_1.00O₃)₂
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:

R060646

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060646.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.40(2)Å b: 8.882(7)Å c: 5.228(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 854.4(4)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Donpeacorite
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]
Petersen E U, Anovitz L M, Essene E J (1984) Donpeacorite, (Mn,Mg)MgSi₂O₆, a new orthopyroxene and its proposed phase relations in the system MnSiO₃-MgSiO₃-FeSiO₃, American Mineralogist, 69, 472-480 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Gnos E, Armbruster T, Nyfeler D (1996) Kanoite, donpeacorite and tirodite: Mn-Mg-silicates from a manganiferous quartzite in the United Arab Emirates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 251-261
Stimpfl M (2005) The Mn, Mg-intracrystalline exchange reaction in donpeacorite (Mn_0.54Ca_0.03Mg_1.43Si₂O₆) and its relation to the fractionation behavior of Mn in Fe, Mg-orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 90, 155-161 [view file]
Scandolo L, Mazzucchelli M L, Alvaro M, Nestola F, Pandolfo F, Domeneghetti M C (2015) Thermal expansion behaviour of orthopyroxenes: the role of the Fe-Mn substitution, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 71-87 [view file]

REFERENCES for Donpeacorite

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]

Petersen E U, Anovitz L M, Essene E J (1984) Donpeacorite, (Mn,Mg)MgSi₂O₆, a new orthopyroxene and its proposed phase relations in the system MnSiO₃-MgSiO₃-FeSiO₃, American Mineralogist, 69, 472-480 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Gnos E, Armbruster T, Nyfeler D (1996) Kanoite, donpeacorite and tirodite: Mn-Mg-silicates from a manganiferous quartzite in the United Arab Emirates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 251-261

Stimpfl M (2005) The Mn, Mg-intracrystalline exchange reaction in donpeacorite (Mn_0.54Ca_0.03Mg_1.43Si₂O₆) and its relation to the fractionation behavior of Mn in Fe, Mg-orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 90, 155-161 [view file]

Scandolo L, Mazzucchelli M L, Alvaro M, Nestola F, Pandolfo F, Domeneghetti M C (2015) Thermal expansion behaviour of orthopyroxenes: the role of the Fe-Mn substitution, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 71-87 [view file]