Ferrosilite X050187

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Name: Ferrosilite
RRUFF ID: X050187
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+SiO3
Locality: unknown
Source: Caltech 418
Owner: Caltech
Description: var. Eulite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
Sample Description: de-polarized laser on unoriented sample
Instrument settings: none 514nm @ 100% of mW
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REFERENCES for Ferrosilite

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]

Bowen N L (1935) “Ferrosilite” as a natural mineral, American Journal of Science, 30, 481-494   [view file]

Ramberg H, DeVore G (1951) The distribution of Fe++ and Mg++ in coexisting olivines and pyroxenes, The Journal of Geology, 59, 193-210

Kjekshus A, Rakke T, Andresen A (1974) Compounds of the marcasite type crystal structure. IX. Structural data for FeAs2, FeSe2, NiAs2, NiSb2, and CuSe2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 996-1000

Sueno S, Prewitt C T (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and high clinoferrosilite, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 61, 223-241

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

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479   [view file]

Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806   [view file]

Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652   [view file]

Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO3 single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32