Gysinite-(Nd) R100062
Name: Gysinite-(Nd)
RRUFF ID: R100062
Ideal Chemistry: PbNd(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Locality: Kasompi, 70 km west of Kambove, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink glassy granular crystals associated with green malachite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Ancylite (6) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100062.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.243(2)Å    b: 4.9960(9)Å    c: 8.557(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 309.62(8)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gysinite-(Nd)

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]

Chabot B, Sarp H (1985) Structure refinement of gysinite La0.16Nd1.18Pb0.66(CO3)2(OH)1.34·0.66H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 171, 155-158   [view file]

Sarp H, Bertrand J (1985) Gysinite, Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O, a new lead, rare-earth carbonate from Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaïre and its relationship to ancylite, American Mineralogist, 70, 1314-1317   [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]

Olmi F, Sabelli C, Brizzi G (1988) Agardite-(Y), Gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from Sardinia, The Mineralogical Record, 19, 305-310

Olmi F, Sabelli C (1991) Gysinite-(Nd), a mineral new to Italy, from Sa Duchessa, Sardinia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 4, 185-191

Xu Y, Ding S-H, Feng W-J, Zhou G-P, Liu Y-G (2006) Samarium(III) carbonate hydroxide, Acta Crystallographica, E62, i147-i149

Feng W J, Zhou G P, Liu Z B, Xu Y (2007) Nd(CO3)(OH) from single-crystal data, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i174-i174

Roth P (2007) Gysinite-(Nd), in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 184-185

Tahara T, Nakai I, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S (2007) Crystal chemistry of RE(CO3)OH, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 222, 326-334

Xiong D-B, Zhao Y-F, Gulay L D, Zhao J-T (2009) Lanthanum phosphite microspheres: hydrothermal synthesis, ab initio structure determination, morphology and photoluminescence of La(HO)(HPO3), European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2009, 4522–4527

Sheu H S, Shih W J, Chuang W T, Li I F, Yeh C S (2010) Crystal structure and phase transitions of Gd(CO3)OH studied by synchrotron powder diffraction, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 57, 938-945