Landesite R090065
Name: Landesite
RRUFF ID: R090065
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O
Locality: Germany
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M38123 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown pseudo-octahedral crystals on matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R090065
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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: R090065.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4677(6)Å    b: 10.0872(7)Å    c: 8.6688(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 827.9(1)    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 Landesite

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]

Berman H, Gonyer F A (1930) Pegmatite minerals in Poland, Maine, American Mineralogist, 15, 375-387   [view file]

Moore P B (1964) Investigations of landesite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1122-1125   [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T, Kampf A R (1980) Nomenclature of the phosphoferrite structure type: refinements of landesite and kryzhanovskite, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 789-795   [view file]