Foshagite R070098



Name: Foshagite
RRUFF ID: R070098
Ideal Chemistry: Ca4(SiO3)3(OH)2
Locality: Crestmore, Califonia, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101319 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Silky white compact mass
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070098
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070098.1
Sample Description: Powder
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Foshagite

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]

Eakle A S (1925) Foshagite, a new silicate from Crestmore, California, American Mineralogist, 10, 97-99   [view file]

Vigfusson V A (1931) The hydrated calcium silicates, American Journal of Science, 21, 67-78   [view file]

Gard J A, Taylor H F W (1958) Foshagite: composition, unit cell and dehydration, American Mineralogist, 43, 1-15   [view file]

Gard J A, Taylor H F W (1960) The crystal structure of foshagite, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 785-793

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]

Zadov A E, Pertsev N N, Belakovsky D I, Chukanov N V, Kuznetsova O Y (2004) Foshagite and hillebrandite from skarn xenoliths of Ioko-Dovyrensky massif, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 133, issue 1 73-83   [view file]

Meller N, Kyritsis K, Hall C (2009) The mineralogy of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350°C, Cement and Concrete Research, 39, 45-53