Indialite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Indialite R140777

Name: Indialite
RRUFF ID: R140777
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₂Al₃(AlSi₅)O₁₈
Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Violet isolated crystals, associated with quartz, albite (R180031) and tridymite (R140778).
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Beryl (28) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R140777

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R140777.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.804(2)Å b: 9.804(2)Å c: 9.317(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 775.53(9)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Indialite
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]
Miyashiro A, Iiyama T (1954) A preliminary note on a new mineral, indialite, polymorphic with cordierite, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 30, 746-751 [view file]
Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 787-788 [view file]
Miyashiro A, Iiyama T, Yamasaki M, Miyashiro T (1955) The polymorphism of cordierite and indialite, American Journal of Science, 253, 185-208
Meagher E P, Gibbs G V (1977) The polymorphism of cordierite: II. The crystal structure of indialite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 43-49 [view file]
Daniels P (1990) What is the true space group of high-cordierite?, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 190, 271-276
Balassone G, Franco E, Mattia C A, Puliti R (2004) Indialite in xenolithic rocks from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Southern Italy): Crystal chemistry and petrogenetic features, American Mineralogist, 89, 1-6 [view file]

REFERENCES for Indialite

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]

Miyashiro A, Iiyama T (1954) A preliminary note on a new mineral, indialite, polymorphic with cordierite, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 30, 746-751 [view file]

Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 787-788 [view file]

Miyashiro A, Iiyama T, Yamasaki M, Miyashiro T (1955) The polymorphism of cordierite and indialite, American Journal of Science, 253, 185-208

Meagher E P, Gibbs G V (1977) The polymorphism of cordierite: II. The crystal structure of indialite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 43-49 [view file]

Daniels P (1990) What is the true space group of high-cordierite?, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 190, 271-276

Balassone G, Franco E, Mattia C A, Puliti R (2004) Indialite in xenolithic rocks from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Southern Italy): Crystal chemistry and petrogenetic features, American Mineralogist, 89, 1-6 [view file]