Lithiomarsturite R100094

Name: Lithiomarsturite
RRUFF ID: R100094
Ideal Chemistry: LiCa₂Mn²⁺₂Si₅O₁₄(OH)
Locality: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Source: [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored prismatic crystals, associated with brannockite, fluorapatite, albite, bavenite, and pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100094

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100094.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.6467(3)Å b: 11.7315(6)Å c: 6.8100(3)Å
alpha: 91.874(4)° beta: 94.465(3)° gamma: 105.933(3)° Volume: 584.72(5) Crystal System: triclinic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Lithiomarsturite
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]
Peacor D R, Dunn P J, White J S, Grice J D, Chi P H (1990) Lithiomarsturite, a new member of the pyroxenoid group, from North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 75, 409-414 [view file]
Yang H, Downs R T, Yang Y W (2011) Lithiomarsturite, LiCa₂Mn₂Si₅O₁₄(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E67, i73-i73 [view file]