Graftonite R070153
Name: Graftonite
RRUFF ID: R070153
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2
Locality: Bull Moose mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown vitreous massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has only been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070153.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070153.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.8076(7)Å    b: 11.556(2)Å    c: 6.1396(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 99.286(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 616.7(2)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Graftonite

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]

Penfield S L (1900) On graftonite, a new mineral from Grafton, New Hampshire, and its intergrowth with triphylite, The American Journal of Science, 159, 20-32   [view file]

Lindberg M L (1950) Arrojadite, hühnerkobelite, and graftonite, American Mineralogist, 35, 59-76   [view file]

Calvo C (1968) The crystal structure of graftonite, American Mineralogist, 53, 742-750   [view file]

Hurlbut C S, Aristarain L F (1968) Beusite, a new mineral from Argentina, and the graftonite-beusite series, American Mineralogist, 53, 1799-1814   [view file]

Fransolet A M (1977) Intercroissances et inclusions dans les associations graftonite-sarcopside-triphylite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 100, 198-207

Cerný P, Selway J B, Ercit T S, Breaks F W, Anderson A J, Anderson S D (1998) Graftonite – beusite in granitic pegmatites of the Superior Province: a study in contrasts, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 367-376   [view file]

Smeds S A, Uher P, Cerný P, Wise M A, Gustafsson L, Penner P (1998) Graftonite – beusite in Sweden: primary phases, products of exsolution, and distribution in zoned populations of granitic pegmatites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 377-394   [view file]