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

Footemineite R090005

Name: Footemineite
RRUFF ID: R090005
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O
Locality: Foote mine, North Carolina, USA
Source: Luiz Menezes [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow to light green prismatic or barrel-shaped crystals associated with colorless albite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R090005

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R090005.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.743(6)Å b: 9.926(9)Å c: 9.951(7)Å
alpha: 73.81(2)° beta: 85.46(3)° gamma: 87.63(3)° Volume: 638(1)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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 Footemineite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zananni P F, Zanzari A R (1975) The crystal structure of roscherite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 266-277
Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Verin I A, Atencio D (2007) The crystal structure of footemineite, Doklady Earth Sciences, 416, 1053-1056
Atencio D, Matioli P A, Smith J B, Chukanov N V, Coutinho J M V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Mockel S (2008) Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 93, 1-6 [view file]
Poirier G, Ercit T S, Tait K T, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 399-408 [view file]

REFERENCES for Footemineite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zananni P F, Zanzari A R (1975) The crystal structure of roscherite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 266-277

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Verin I A, Atencio D (2007) The crystal structure of footemineite, Doklady Earth Sciences, 416, 1053-1056

Atencio D, Matioli P A, Smith J B, Chukanov N V, Coutinho J M V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Mockel S (2008) Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 93, 1-6 [view file]

Poirier G, Ercit T S, Tait K T, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 399-408 [view file]