Gypsum R040029 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Gypsum R040029

Name: Gypsum
RRUFF ID: R040029
Ideal Chemistry: CaSO₄·2H₂O
Locality: Twin Buttes, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4885 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040029.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00440

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -c [0 0 -1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040029

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040029.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040029.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.6759(4)Å b: 15.210(1)Å c: 6.5265(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 118.463(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 495.33(5) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
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REFERENCES for Gypsum
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]
Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376 [view file]
Pedersen B F, Semmingsen D (1982) Neutron diffraction refinement of the structure of gypsum, CaSO₄.H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 1074-1077
Mungall J E, Frape S K, Gigson I L, Kamineni D C (1987) Rare-earth abundances in host granitic rocks and fracture-filling gypsum associated with saline groundwaters from a deep borehole, Atikokan, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 539-543 [view file]
Tazaki K, Mori T, Nonaka T (1992) Microbial jarosite and gypsum from corrosion of Portland cement concrete, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 431-444 [view file]
Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of rapidcreekite, Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)(H₂O)₄, and its relation to the structure of gypsum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 99-106 [view file]
Kontoyannis C G, Orkoula M G, Koutsoukos P G (1997) Quantitative analysis of sulfated calcium carbonates using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, Analyst, 122, 33-38
Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856
Boeyens J C A, Ichharam V V H (2002) Redetermination of the crystal structure of calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. New Crystal Structures, 217, 9-10
Cabral A R, Lehmann B, Kwitko-Ribeiro R, Jones R D, Rocha Filho O G (2003) On the association of palladium-bearing gold, hematite, and gypsum in an ouro preto nugget, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 473-478 [view file]
Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]
Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Zanazzi P F, Speziale S (2008) High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study, American Mineralogist, 93, 1530-1537 [view file]
Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]

REFERENCES for Gypsum

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]

Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376 [view file]

Pedersen B F, Semmingsen D (1982) Neutron diffraction refinement of the structure of gypsum, CaSO₄.H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 1074-1077

Mungall J E, Frape S K, Gigson I L, Kamineni D C (1987) Rare-earth abundances in host granitic rocks and fracture-filling gypsum associated with saline groundwaters from a deep borehole, Atikokan, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 539-543 [view file]

Tazaki K, Mori T, Nonaka T (1992) Microbial jarosite and gypsum from corrosion of Portland cement concrete, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 431-444 [view file]

Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of rapidcreekite, Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)(H₂O)₄, and its relation to the structure of gypsum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 99-106 [view file]

Kontoyannis C G, Orkoula M G, Koutsoukos P G (1997) Quantitative analysis of sulfated calcium carbonates using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, Analyst, 122, 33-38

Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856

Boeyens J C A, Ichharam V V H (2002) Redetermination of the crystal structure of calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. New Crystal Structures, 217, 9-10

Cabral A R, Lehmann B, Kwitko-Ribeiro R, Jones R D, Rocha Filho O G (2003) On the association of palladium-bearing gold, hematite, and gypsum in an ouro preto nugget, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 473-478 [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]

Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Zanazzi P F, Speziale S (2008) High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study, American Mineralogist, 93, 1530-1537 [view file]

Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]