Margarite R060839
Name: Margarite
RRUFF ID: R060839
Ideal Chemistry: CaAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2
Locality: Old Emery mine, Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100904 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale lilac mica associated with lilac colored axinite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060839.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.83Na0.17)Σ=1(Al1.97Fe3+0.02Mg0.01)Σ=2(Si2.18Al1.82)O10(OH)2
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: R060839.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.114(1)Å    b: 8.872(3)Å    c: 19.164(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 95.51(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 865.6(3)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Margarite

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]

Ross C S, Kerr P F (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 17, 1-18   [view file]

Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179   [view file]

Gal L P, Ghent E D (1991) Margarite-bearing pelites from the western Rocky Mountains, northwest of Golden, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 11-19   [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912   [view file]

Bucher K, de Capitani C, Grapes R (2005) The development of a margarite-corundum blackwall by metasomatic alteration of a slice of mica schist in ultramafic rock, Kvesjöen, Norwegian Caledonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 129-156   [view file]