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Gladiusite R070432
Name: Gladiusite
RRUFF ID: R070432
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2Fe2+4(PO4)(OH)11·H2O
Locality: Kovdor mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S104714 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bundles of olive green fibers on dolomite matrix
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: R070432
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Gladiusite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Liferovich R P, Sokolova E V, Hawthorne F C, Laajoki K V O, Gehör S, Pakhomovsky Y A, Sorokhtina N V (2000) Gladiusite, Fe3+2(Fe2+,Mg)4(PO4)(OH)11(H2O), a new hydrothermal mineral species from the phoscorite-carbonatite unit, Kovdor Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1477-1485   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1112-1115   [view file]

Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, McCammon C, Liferovich R P (2001) The crystal structure of gladiusite, (Fe2+,Mg)4Fe3+2(PO4)OH11(H2O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1121-1130   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]