Manganoneptunite R060901
Name: Manganoneptunite
RRUFF ID: R060901
Ideal Chemistry: KNa2LiMn2+2Ti2Si8O24
Locality: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52451 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark reddish-brown single crystal cleavage fragment.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060901.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (K0.92Na0.08)Σ=1Na2.00Li1.00(Mn2+1.44Zn0.25Mg0.20Fe3+0.11)Σ=2(Ti1.89Fe3+0.08Al0.03)Σ=2Si8.00O24 ; Li not measured but estimated by difference and stoichiometry; Fe as Fe3 by charge balance
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060901.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 16.4671(5)Å    b: 12.523(1)Å    c: 10.0245(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 115.439(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1866.8(1)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Manganoneptunite

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]

Foshag W F, Schairer J F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 95-98   [view file]

Zolotarev A A, Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N (2007) Refinement of the mangan-neptunite structure, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 1 118-123   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]