Ganomalite R050387
Name: Ganomalite
RRUFF ID: R050387
Ideal Chemistry: Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)4(SiO4)O
Locality: Sells, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13168 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-red massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Ganomalite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050387.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050387
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050387.9
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050387.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.854(3)Å    b: 9.854(3)Å    c: 10.223(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 859.6(7)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ganomalite

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]

Nordenskiöld A E (1876) Mötet den 6 April 1876. Åtskilliga nya mineralfynd vid Nordmarken och Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 119-123   [view file]

Nordenskiõld A E (1877) Nya mineralier från Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 376-384   [view file]

Penfield S L, Warren C H (1899) Some new minerals from the zinc mines at Franklin, N.J., and note concerning the chemical composition of ganomalite, American Journal of Science, 8, 339-353   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Valley J W, Randall C A (1985) Ganomalite from Franklin, New Jersey, and Jakobsberg, Sweden: new chemical and crystallographic data, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 579-582   [view file]

Dunn P J (1985) The lead silicates from Franklin, New Jersey: occurrence and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 721-727   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028   [view file]

Charalampides G, Linqvist B (1988) Chapter 4, Ganomalite, margarosanite and molybdophyllite from Långban, south-central Sweden, and synthetic equivalents, in Compositional Variations of Natural and Synthetic Lead Silicates of Langban-type Dissertation submitted to Meddelanden från Stockholms Universitets Geologiska Nr273, 1-24   [view file]

Carlson S, Norrestam R, Holtsam D, Spengler R (1997) The crystal structure of ganomalite, Pb9Ca5.44Mn0.56Si9O33, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 212, 208-212