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Chlormayenite R130063

Name: Chlormayenite
RRUFF ID: R130063
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[◻₄Cl₂]
Locality: Northwest Africa (NWA) 1934 meteorite
Source: Chi Ma
Owner: Chi Ma
Description: Fine-grained aggregates coexisting with hercynite, gehlenite, and perovskite. Data from Ma et al (2011)
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by electron back-scatter diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Mayenite (1) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R130063.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_11.91Na_0.06)_Σ=11.97(Al_13.89Fe²⁺_0.16Ti⁴⁺_0.01)_Σ=14.06O_31.89Cl_2.11

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130063.9

Sample Description:

FIB-TEM SAED ring pattern, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.981(8)Å b: 11.981(8)Å c: 11.981(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1719.1(2)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Chlormayenite
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]
Büssem W, Eitel A (1936) Die struktur des pentacalciumtrialuminats, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 95, 175-188 [view file]
Hentschel G (1964) Mayenit, 12CaO·7Al₂O₃, und Brownmillerit, 2CaO·(Al,Fe)₂O₃, zwei neue Minerale in den Kalksteinschlüssen der Lava des Ettringer Bellerberges, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1964, 22-29
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file]
Bartl H, Scheller T (1970) Zur struktur des 12CaO·7Al₂O₃, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1970, 547-552
Boysen H, Lerch M, Stys A, Senyshyn A (2007) Structure and oxygen mobility in mayenite (Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₃): a high-temperature neutron powder diffraction study, Acta Crystallographica, B63, 675-682
Bailau R, Galuskin E V, Gazeev V M, Pertzev N N (2010) Classification and potential new minerals in the "mayenite" group, Acta Mineralogica Petrographica Abstract Series. 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 21-27 August, 2010. Budapest, Hungary, 6, 493-493 [view file]
Ma C, Sweeney Smith S A, Connolly H C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R, Schrader D L (2010) Discovery of Cl-bearing mayenite, Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂Cl₂, a new mineral in a CV3 Meteorite, 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, 2010, 5134-5134 [view file]
Sakakura T, Tanaka K, Takenaka Y, Matsuishi S, Hosono H, Kishimoto S (2011) Determination of the local structure of a cage with an oxygen ion in Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₃, Acta Crystallographica, B67, 193-204
Galuskin E V, Kusz J, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Galuskina I O, Ternes B, Murashko M (2012) A reinvestigation of mayenite from the type locality, the Ettringer Bellerberg volcano near Mayen, Eifel district, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 707-716 [view file]
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558 [view file]
Galuskin E V, Gfeller F, Galuskina I O, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Sharygin V V (2015) Mayenite supergroup, part I: recommended nomenclature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 99-111 [view file]

REFERENCES for Chlormayenite

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]

Büssem W, Eitel A (1936) Die struktur des pentacalciumtrialuminats, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 95, 175-188 [view file]

Hentschel G (1964) Mayenit, 12CaO·7Al₂O₃, und Brownmillerit, 2CaO·(Al,Fe)₂O₃, zwei neue Minerale in den Kalksteinschlüssen der Lava des Ettringer Bellerberges, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1964, 22-29

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file]

Bartl H, Scheller T (1970) Zur struktur des 12CaO·7Al₂O₃, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1970, 547-552

Boysen H, Lerch M, Stys A, Senyshyn A (2007) Structure and oxygen mobility in mayenite (Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₃): a high-temperature neutron powder diffraction study, Acta Crystallographica, B63, 675-682

Bailau R, Galuskin E V, Gazeev V M, Pertzev N N (2010) Classification and potential new minerals in the "mayenite" group, Acta Mineralogica Petrographica Abstract Series. 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 21-27 August, 2010. Budapest, Hungary, 6, 493-493 [view file]

Ma C, Sweeney Smith S A, Connolly H C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R, Schrader D L (2010) Discovery of Cl-bearing mayenite, Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂Cl₂, a new mineral in a CV3 Meteorite, 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, 2010, 5134-5134 [view file]

Sakakura T, Tanaka K, Takenaka Y, Matsuishi S, Hosono H, Kishimoto S (2011) Determination of the local structure of a cage with an oxygen ion in Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₃, Acta Crystallographica, B67, 193-204

Galuskin E V, Kusz J, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Galuskina I O, Ternes B, Murashko M (2012) A reinvestigation of mayenite from the type locality, the Ettringer Bellerberg volcano near Mayen, Eifel district, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 707-716 [view file]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558 [view file]

Galuskin E V, Gfeller F, Galuskina I O, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Sharygin V V (2015) Mayenite supergroup, part I: recommended nomenclature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 99-111 [view file]