Fluorite R050045 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Fluorite R050045

Name: Fluorite
RRUFF ID: R050045
Ideal Chemistry: CaF₂
Locality: Hunan Province, China
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green colored cubes
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050045.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.000 F_2.000

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00437

Orientation:

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

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050045

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050045.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050045.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.46445(6)Å b: 5.46445(6)Å c: 5.46445(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 163.170(5) Crystal System: cubic

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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Fluorite
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]
Gee A R, O'Shea D C, Cummins H Z (1965) Raman scattering and fluorescence in calcium fluoride, Solid State Communications, 4, 43-46
Russell J P (1965) The Raman spectrum of calcium fluoride, Proceedings of the Physical Society, 85, 194-196
Elcombe M M, Pryor A W (1970) The lattice dynamics of calcium fluoride, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 3, 492-499
Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562
Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1977) Dawsonite-fluorite relationships at Montreal-area localities, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 117-120 [view file]
Rosenberg P E (1992) The hydroxylation of fluorite under hydrothermal conditions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 457-462 [view file]
Gagnon J E, Samson I M, Fryer B J, Williams-Jones A E (2003) Compositional heterogeneity in fluorite and the genesis of fluorite deposits: insights from LA–ICP–MS analysis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 365-382 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Verstraete M, Gonze X (2003) First-principles calculation of the electronic, dielectric, and dynamical properties of CaF₂, Physical Review B, 68, 195123, 1-7
Trinkler M, Monecke T, Thomas R (2005) Constraints on the genesis of yellow fluorite in hydrothermal barite-fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany: evidence from optical absoption spectroscopy, rare-earth-element data, and fluid-inclusion investigations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 883-898 [view file]

REFERENCES for Fluorite

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]

Gee A R, O'Shea D C, Cummins H Z (1965) Raman scattering and fluorescence in calcium fluoride, Solid State Communications, 4, 43-46

Russell J P (1965) The Raman spectrum of calcium fluoride, Proceedings of the Physical Society, 85, 194-196

Elcombe M M, Pryor A W (1970) The lattice dynamics of calcium fluoride, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 3, 492-499

Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562

Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1977) Dawsonite-fluorite relationships at Montreal-area localities, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 117-120 [view file]

Rosenberg P E (1992) The hydroxylation of fluorite under hydrothermal conditions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 457-462 [view file]

Gagnon J E, Samson I M, Fryer B J, Williams-Jones A E (2003) Compositional heterogeneity in fluorite and the genesis of fluorite deposits: insights from LA–ICP–MS analysis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 365-382 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Verstraete M, Gonze X (2003) First-principles calculation of the electronic, dielectric, and dynamical properties of CaF₂, Physical Review B, 68, 195123, 1-7

Trinkler M, Monecke T, Thomas R (2005) Constraints on the genesis of yellow fluorite in hydrothermal barite-fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany: evidence from optical absoption spectroscopy, rare-earth-element data, and fluid-inclusion investigations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 883-898 [view file]