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

Erythrite R050073

Name: Erythrite
RRUFF ID: R050073
Ideal Chemistry: Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O
Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Crimson flattened crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Vivianite (17) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050073.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Co_0.65Mg_0.35)₃(As_1.00O₄)₂·8H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00408

Orientation:

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

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050073

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050073.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050073.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.273(2)Å b: 13.4342(6)Å c: 4.7543(9)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 105.11(2)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 633.4(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Erythrite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Érythrine, cobalt arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 596-597 [view file]
Faye G H, Nickel E H (1968) The origin of pleochroism in erythrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 492-504 [view file]
Jambor J L, Dutrizac J E (1995) Solid solutions in the annabergite - erythrite - hörnesite synthetic system, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1063-1071 [view file]
Wildner M, Giester G, Lengauer C L, McCammon C A (1996) Structure and crystal chemistry of vivianite-type compounds: Crystal structures of erythrite and annabergite with a Mössbauer study of erythrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 187-192
Frost R L, Kloprogge T, Weier M L, Martens W N, Ding Z, Edwards H G H (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected arsenates - implications for soil remediation, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 2241-2246 [link]
Frost R L, Martens W, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of the vivianite arsenate minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 751-759 [link]
Martens W N, Kloprogge J T, Frost R L, Rintoul L (2004) Single crystal Raman study of erythrite, Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 208-216 [link]
Capitelli F, Elaatmani M, Lalaoui M D, Piniella J F (2007) Crystal structure of a vivianite-type mineral: Mg-rich erythrite, (Co_2.16Ni_0.24Mg_0.60)(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 222, 676-679
Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]
Ciesielczuk J, Dulski M, Janeczek J, Krzykawski T, Kusz J, Szełęg E (2020) Crystal chemistry of an erythrite-köttigite solid solution (Co_3–xZn_x) (AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Minerals, 10, 548 [view file]

REFERENCES for Erythrite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Érythrine, cobalt arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 596-597 [view file]

Faye G H, Nickel E H (1968) The origin of pleochroism in erythrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 492-504 [view file]

Jambor J L, Dutrizac J E (1995) Solid solutions in the annabergite - erythrite - hörnesite synthetic system, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1063-1071 [view file]

Wildner M, Giester G, Lengauer C L, McCammon C A (1996) Structure and crystal chemistry of vivianite-type compounds: Crystal structures of erythrite and annabergite with a Mössbauer study of erythrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 187-192

Frost R L, Kloprogge T, Weier M L, Martens W N, Ding Z, Edwards H G H (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected arsenates - implications for soil remediation, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 2241-2246 [link]

Frost R L, Martens W, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of the vivianite arsenate minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 751-759 [link]

Martens W N, Kloprogge J T, Frost R L, Rintoul L (2004) Single crystal Raman study of erythrite, Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 208-216 [link]

Capitelli F, Elaatmani M, Lalaoui M D, Piniella J F (2007) Crystal structure of a vivianite-type mineral: Mg-rich erythrite, (Co_2.16Ni_0.24Mg_0.60)(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 222, 676-679

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]

Ciesielczuk J, Dulski M, Janeczek J, Krzykawski T, Kusz J, Szełęg E (2020) Crystal chemistry of an erythrite-köttigite solid solution (Co_3–xZn_x) (AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, Minerals, 10, 548 [view file]