Dravite R060534 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Dravite R060534

Name: Dravite
RRUFF ID: R060534
Ideal Chemistry: NaMg₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Locality: Sri Lanka
Source: Gemological Institute of America 21937
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black trigonal prism
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060534.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.79Ca_0.21)(Mg_0.68Fe²⁺_0.29Ti_0.02Al_0.01)₃Al_6.00(BO₃)₃(Si_0.95Al₀₀₅)_6.00O₁₈(OH)₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

L01032

Orientation:

Laser parallel to c* (0 0 1). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to a [1 0 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060534

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060534.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.9696(5)Å b: 15.9696(5)Å c: 7.2058(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 1591.5(1) Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Dravite
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]
King R W, Kerrich R (1989) Chromian dravite associated with ultramafic-rock-hosted Archean lode gold deposits, Timmins–Porcupine district, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 419-426 [view file]
Peng M, Mao H, Chen L, Chao E C T (1989) The polarized Raman spectra of tourmaline, Annual Report of the Director Geophysical Laboratory, 1989, 99-105 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, MacDonald D J, Burns P C (1993) Reassignment of cation site occupancies in tourmaline: AI-Mg disorder in the crystal structure of dravite, American Mineralogist, 78, 265-270 [view file]
Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940
Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215
Pertlik F, Ertl A, Körner W, Brandstätter F, Schuster R (2003) Na-rich dravite in the marbles from Friesach, Carinthia, Austria: Chemistry and crystal structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 277-288
Bosi F, Lucchesi S (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 335-344
Bosi F, Lucchesi S, Reznitskii L (2004) Crystal chemistry of the dravite-chromdravite series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 345-352
Marschall H R, Ertl A, Hughes J M, McCammon C A (2004) Metamorphic Na- and OH-rich disordered dravite with tetrahedral boron, associated with omphacite, from Syros, Greece: chemistry and structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 817-823
Bosi F (2008) Disordering of Fe²⁺ over octahedrally coordinated sites of tourmaline, American Mineralogist, 93, 1647-1653 [view file]
Ertl A, Marschall H R, Giester G, Henry D J, Schertl H P, Ntaflos T, Luvizotto G L, Nasdala L, Tillmanns E (2010) Metamorphic ultrahigh-pressure tourmaline: structure, chemistry, and correlations to P-T conditions, American Mineralogist, 95, 1-10
Bačík P, Méres Š, Uher P (2011) Vanadium-bearing tourmaline in metacherts from Chvojnica, Slovak Republic: crystal chemistry and multistage evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 195-206
Hughes J M, Rakovan J, Ertl A, Rossman G R, Baksheev I, Bernhardt H-J (2011) Dissymmetrization in tourmaline: the atomic arrangement of sectorally zoned triclinic Ni-bearing dravite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, issue 1 29-40

REFERENCES for Dravite

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]

King R W, Kerrich R (1989) Chromian dravite associated with ultramafic-rock-hosted Archean lode gold deposits, Timmins–Porcupine district, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 419-426 [view file]

Peng M, Mao H, Chen L, Chao E C T (1989) The polarized Raman spectra of tourmaline, Annual Report of the Director Geophysical Laboratory, 1989, 99-105 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, MacDonald D J, Burns P C (1993) Reassignment of cation site occupancies in tourmaline: AI-Mg disorder in the crystal structure of dravite, American Mineralogist, 78, 265-270 [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215

Pertlik F, Ertl A, Körner W, Brandstätter F, Schuster R (2003) Na-rich dravite in the marbles from Friesach, Carinthia, Austria: Chemistry and crystal structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 277-288

Bosi F, Lucchesi S (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 335-344

Bosi F, Lucchesi S, Reznitskii L (2004) Crystal chemistry of the dravite-chromdravite series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 345-352

Marschall H R, Ertl A, Hughes J M, McCammon C A (2004) Metamorphic Na- and OH-rich disordered dravite with tetrahedral boron, associated with omphacite, from Syros, Greece: chemistry and structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 817-823

Bosi F (2008) Disordering of Fe²⁺ over octahedrally coordinated sites of tourmaline, American Mineralogist, 93, 1647-1653 [view file]

Ertl A, Marschall H R, Giester G, Henry D J, Schertl H P, Ntaflos T, Luvizotto G L, Nasdala L, Tillmanns E (2010) Metamorphic ultrahigh-pressure tourmaline: structure, chemistry, and correlations to P-T conditions, American Mineralogist, 95, 1-10

Bačík P, Méres Š, Uher P (2011) Vanadium-bearing tourmaline in metacherts from Chvojnica, Slovak Republic: crystal chemistry and multistage evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 195-206

Hughes J M, Rakovan J, Ertl A, Rossman G R, Baksheev I, Bernhardt H-J (2011) Dissymmetrization in tourmaline: the atomic arrangement of sectorally zoned triclinic Ni-bearing dravite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, issue 1 29-40