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

Kentrolite R060245

Name: Kentrolite
RRUFF ID: R060245
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)
Locality: Percha Creek area, Hillsboro District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark-purple colored single crystals associated with orange colored prismatic vanadinite and calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060245.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_2.00(Mn³⁺_1.54Fe³⁺_0.36Al_0.10)_Σ=2O₂Si_2.00O₇
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060245

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060245.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.971(4)Å b: 11.037(4)Å c: 9.930(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 764.0(11) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Kentrolite
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]
Damour A, vom Rath G (1881) Ueber den kentrolith, eine neue mineralspecies, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 5, 32-35 [view file]
Glasser F P (1967) New data on kentrolite and melanotekite: Ternary phase relations in the system PbO-Fe₂O₃-SiO₂, American Mineralogist, 52, 1085-1093 [view file]
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, issue 30 499-541
Moore P B, Sen Gupta R K, Shen J, Schlemper E O (1991) The kentrolite-melanotekite series, 4Pb₂(Mn,Fe)³⁺₂O₂[Si₂O₇]: Chemical crystallographic relations, lone-pair splitting, and cation relation to 8URe₂, American Mineralogist, 76, 1389-1399 [view file]
Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G (2008) Crystal structures of synthetic melanotekite (Pb₂Fe₂Si₂O₉), kentrolite (Pb₂Mn₂Si₂O₉), and the aluminum analogue (Pb₂Al₂Si₂O₉), American Mineralogist, 93, 573-583

REFERENCES for Kentrolite

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]

Damour A, vom Rath G (1881) Ueber den kentrolith, eine neue mineralspecies, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 5, 32-35 [view file]

Glasser F P (1967) New data on kentrolite and melanotekite: Ternary phase relations in the system PbO-Fe₂O₃-SiO₂, American Mineralogist, 52, 1085-1093 [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, issue 30 499-541

Moore P B, Sen Gupta R K, Shen J, Schlemper E O (1991) The kentrolite-melanotekite series, 4Pb₂(Mn,Fe)³⁺₂O₂[Si₂O₇]: Chemical crystallographic relations, lone-pair splitting, and cation relation to 8URe₂, American Mineralogist, 76, 1389-1399 [view file]

Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G (2008) Crystal structures of synthetic melanotekite (Pb₂Fe₂Si₂O₉), kentrolite (Pb₂Mn₂Si₂O₉), and the aluminum analogue (Pb₂Al₂Si₂O₉), American Mineralogist, 93, 573-583