Magnesite X050116 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Magnesite X050116

Name: Magnesite
RRUFF ID: X050116
Ideal Chemistry: MgCO₃
Locality: Gustine Merced County, California, USA
Source: CIT 1450
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser on unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

none 785nm @ 100% of mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Mode Analysis

REFERENCES for Magnesite
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]
Karsten D L G (1808) Erd-und steinarten, magnesit, in Mineralogische Tabellen 2nd ed. Berlin 48-48 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528
Whittaker E J W, Middleton A P (1979) The intergrowth of fibrous brucite and fibrous magnesite with chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 699-702 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcium type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]
Cloots R (1991) Raman spectrum of carbonates M^IICO₃ in the 1100-1000 cm^-1 region: observation of the v₁ mode of the isotopic (C¹⁶O₂¹⁸O)^2- ion, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 47, 1745-1750
Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]
Bromiley F A, Ballaran T B, Langenhorst F, Seifert F (2007) Order and miscibility in the otavite-magnesite solid solution, American Mineralogist, 92, 829-836 [view file]
Bromiley F A, Ballaran T B, Zhang M (2007) An infrared investigation of the otavite-magnesite solid solution, American Mineralogist, 92, 837-843 [view file]
Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Ménez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010) Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration, Astrobiology, 10, 293-309
Lin J-F, Liu J, Jacobs C, Prakapenka V B (2012) Vibrational and elastic properties of ferromagnesite across the electronic spin-pairing transition of iron, American Mineralogist, 97, 583-591

REFERENCES for Magnesite

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]

Karsten D L G (1808) Erd-und steinarten, magnesit, in Mineralogische Tabellen 2nd ed. Berlin 48-48 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528

Whittaker E J W, Middleton A P (1979) The intergrowth of fibrous brucite and fibrous magnesite with chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 699-702 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcium type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]

Cloots R (1991) Raman spectrum of carbonates M^IICO₃ in the 1100-1000 cm^-1 region: observation of the v₁ mode of the isotopic (C¹⁶O₂¹⁸O)^2- ion, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 47, 1745-1750

Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]

Bromiley F A, Ballaran T B, Langenhorst F, Seifert F (2007) Order and miscibility in the otavite-magnesite solid solution, American Mineralogist, 92, 829-836 [view file]

Bromiley F A, Ballaran T B, Zhang M (2007) An infrared investigation of the otavite-magnesite solid solution, American Mineralogist, 92, 837-843 [view file]

Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Ménez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010) Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration, Astrobiology, 10, 293-309

Lin J-F, Liu J, Jacobs C, Prakapenka V B (2012) Vibrational and elastic properties of ferromagnesite across the electronic spin-pairing transition of iron, American Mineralogist, 97, 583-591