Isokite R070526
Name: Isokite
RRUFF ID: R070526
Ideal Chemistry: CaMg(PO4)F
Locality: Kjorrestad, near Bamle, Norway
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4797 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless crystals, associated with wagnerite, R050519.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070526.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00Mg1.00(P1.00O4)(F0.80(OH)0.20)Σ=1 ; = light phase. The gray phase is wagnerite: Mg2.00(P1.00O4)(F0.80(OH)0.20)Σ=1
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070526
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070526.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.5109(3)Å    b: 8.7301(5)Å    c: 6.9046(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 112.246(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 363.25(4)Å3    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 Isokite

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]

Deans T, McConnell J D C (1955) Isokite, CaMgPO4F, a new mineral from Northern Rhodesia, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 681-690   [view file]

Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780   [view file]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168   [view file]

Fisher D J (1957) Isokite and triplite from Bohemia, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 587-602   [view file]

Isaacs A M, Peacor D R (1985) Panasqueiraite, a new mineral: the OH-equivalent of isokite. Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 131-131   [view file]

Hochleitner R, Fehr K T (2005) Isokite, CaMg [F|PO4], from Senhora de Assunção, Portugal: new find and new data, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 182, 103-108

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Locock A J, Kolitsch U, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1201-1209   [view file]

Yang H, Zwick J, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Isokite, CaMg(PO4)F0.8(OH)0.2, isomorphous with titanite, Acta Crystallographica, C63, i89-i90   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691   [view file]