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Lizardite R060006

Name: Lizardite
RRUFF ID: R060006
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Locality: Snarum, Norway
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2896
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green blebs of fine-grained serpentine habit, polytype 1T, associated with pearly hydrotalcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ serpentine (12) ] [ Clay (86) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060006.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_0.94Fe²⁺_0.04Al_0.02)₃(Si_0.97Al_0.03)₂O₅(OH)₄
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:

R060006

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R060006.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060006.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.3258(7)Å b: 5.3258(7)Å c: 7.273(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 178.67(6)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Lizardite
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]
Whittaker E J W, Zussman J (1956) The characterization of serpentine minerals by X-ray diffraction, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 107-126 [view file]
Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file]
Zussman J, Brindley G W, Comer J J (1957) Electron diffraction studies of serpentine minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 133-153 [view file]
Krstanovic I (1968) Crystal structure of single layer lizardite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 163-169 [view file]
Brindley G W, Wan H-M (1975) Compositions, structures, and thermal behavior of nickel-containing minerals in the lizardite-nepouite series, American Mineralogist, 60, 863-871 [view file]
Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]
Caruso L J, Chernosky J V (1979) The stability of lizardite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 757-769 [view file]
Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]
Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]
Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1989) Effects of pressure on the structure of lizardite-1T, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 13-19
O'Hanley D S, Chernosky J V, Wicks F J (1989) The stability of lizardite and chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 483-493 [view file]
Wicks F J, Kjoller K, Henderson G S (1992) Imaging the hydroxyl surface of lizardite at atomic resolution with the atomic force microscope, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 83-91 [view file]
Krstanovic I, Karanovic L (1995) Crystal structure of two lizardites, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 193-201
O'Hanley D S, Wicks F J (1995) Conditions of formation of lizardite, chrysotile and antigorite, Cassiar, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 753-773 [view file]
Bard D, Yarwood J, Tylee B (1997) Asbestos fibre identification by Raman microspectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 803-809 [link]
O'Hanley D S, Dyar M D (1998) The composition of chrysotile and its relationship with lizardite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 727-798 [view file]
Rinaudo C, Gastaldi D, Belluso E (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 883-890 [view file]
Evans B W (2004) The serpentinite multisystem revisited: chrysotile is metastable, International Geology Review, 46, 479-506
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Wicks F J, Chatfield E J (2005) Scrolling of thin crystals of lizardite: an expression of internal stress, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1993-2004 [view file]
Auzende A L, Pellenq R J M, Devouard B, Baronnet A, Grauby O (2006) Atomistic calculations of structural and elastic properties of serpentine minerals: the case of lizardite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 266-275
Prencipe M, Noel Y, Bruno M, Dovesi R (2009) The vibrational spectrum of lizardite-1T [Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄] at the Γ point: A contribution from an ab initio periodic B3LYP calculation, American Mineralogist, 94, 986-994 [view file]
Laurora A, Brigatti M F, Malferrari D, Galli E, Rossi A, Ferrari M (2011) The crystal chemistry of lizardite-1T from northern Apennines ophiolites near Modena, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1045-1054 [view file]
Trittschack R, Grobéty B, Koch-Müller M (2012) In situ high-temperature Raman and FTIR spectroscopy of the phase transformation of lizardite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1965-1976 [view file]
Tsuchiya J (2013) A first-principles calculation of the elastic and vibrational anomalies of lizardite under pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 2046-2052
Wicks F J, Dunn P J, Back M E, Ramik R A (2015) "Maufite" discredited: Not a mineral species but an important interstratified Ni-bearing lizardite + clinochlore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 911-920 [view file]
Baron F, Petit S (2016) Interpretation of the infrared spectra of the lizardite-nepouite series in the near- and mid-infrared range, American Mineralogist, 101, 423-430

REFERENCES for Lizardite

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]

Whittaker E J W, Zussman J (1956) The characterization of serpentine minerals by X-ray diffraction, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 107-126 [view file]

Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file]

Zussman J, Brindley G W, Comer J J (1957) Electron diffraction studies of serpentine minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 133-153 [view file]

Krstanovic I (1968) Crystal structure of single layer lizardite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 163-169 [view file]

Brindley G W, Wan H-M (1975) Compositions, structures, and thermal behavior of nickel-containing minerals in the lizardite-nepouite series, American Mineralogist, 60, 863-871 [view file]

Bish D L, Brindley G W (1978) Deweylites, mixtures of poorly crystalline hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 75-84 [view file]

Caruso L J, Chernosky J V (1979) The stability of lizardite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 757-769 [view file]

Veblen D R, Buseck P R (1979) Serpentine minerals: Intergrowth and new combination structures, Science, 206, 1398-1400 [view file]

Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]

Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1989) Effects of pressure on the structure of lizardite-1T, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 13-19

O'Hanley D S, Chernosky J V, Wicks F J (1989) The stability of lizardite and chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 483-493 [view file]

Wicks F J, Kjoller K, Henderson G S (1992) Imaging the hydroxyl surface of lizardite at atomic resolution with the atomic force microscope, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 83-91 [view file]

Krstanovic I, Karanovic L (1995) Crystal structure of two lizardites, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 193-201

O'Hanley D S, Wicks F J (1995) Conditions of formation of lizardite, chrysotile and antigorite, Cassiar, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 753-773 [view file]

Bard D, Yarwood J, Tylee B (1997) Asbestos fibre identification by Raman microspectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 803-809 [link]

O'Hanley D S, Dyar M D (1998) The composition of chrysotile and its relationship with lizardite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 727-798 [view file]

Rinaudo C, Gastaldi D, Belluso E (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 883-890 [view file]

Evans B W (2004) The serpentinite multisystem revisited: chrysotile is metastable, International Geology Review, 46, 479-506

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Wicks F J, Chatfield E J (2005) Scrolling of thin crystals of lizardite: an expression of internal stress, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1993-2004 [view file]

Auzende A L, Pellenq R J M, Devouard B, Baronnet A, Grauby O (2006) Atomistic calculations of structural and elastic properties of serpentine minerals: the case of lizardite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 266-275

Prencipe M, Noel Y, Bruno M, Dovesi R (2009) The vibrational spectrum of lizardite-1T [Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄] at the Γ point: A contribution from an ab initio periodic B3LYP calculation, American Mineralogist, 94, 986-994 [view file]

Laurora A, Brigatti M F, Malferrari D, Galli E, Rossi A, Ferrari M (2011) The crystal chemistry of lizardite-1T from northern Apennines ophiolites near Modena, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1045-1054 [view file]

Trittschack R, Grobéty B, Koch-Müller M (2012) In situ high-temperature Raman and FTIR spectroscopy of the phase transformation of lizardite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1965-1976 [view file]

Tsuchiya J (2013) A first-principles calculation of the elastic and vibrational anomalies of lizardite under pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 2046-2052

Wicks F J, Dunn P J, Back M E, Ramik R A (2015) "Maufite" discredited: Not a mineral species but an important interstratified Ni-bearing lizardite + clinochlore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 911-920 [view file]

Baron F, Petit S (2016) Interpretation of the infrared spectra of the lizardite-nepouite series in the near- and mid-infrared range, American Mineralogist, 101, 423-430