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Gaitite R130625

Name: Gaitite
RRUFF ID: R130625
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Zn(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O
Locality: Municipio de Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grey to white tabular or granular crystals, associated with colorless irregular austinite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130625

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130625.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.801(5)Å b: 6.883(7)Å c: 5.490(7)Å
alpha: 97.38(6)° beta: 108.98(7)° gamma: 108.02(7)° Volume: 190.59(4)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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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Gaitite
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]
Sturman B D, Dunn P J (1980) Gaitite, H₂Ca₂Zn(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia (South West Africa), The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 197-200 [view file]
Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file]
Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443
Keller P, Lissner F, Schleid T (2004) The crystal structures of zincroselite and gaitite: Two natural polymorphs of Ca₂Zn[AsO₄]₂·2H₂O from Tsumeb, Namibia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 353-359
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file]

REFERENCES for Gaitite

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]

Sturman B D, Dunn P J (1980) Gaitite, H₂Ca₂Zn(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia (South West Africa), The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 197-200 [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file]

Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443

Keller P, Lissner F, Schleid T (2004) The crystal structures of zincroselite and gaitite: Two natural polymorphs of Ca₂Zn[AsO₄]₂·2H₂O from Tsumeb, Namibia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 353-359

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file]