Meliphanite R060786

Name: Meliphanite
RRUFF ID: R060786
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄
Locality: Brevig, Norway
Source: Michael Scott S101068 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Greenish-yellow tabular crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060786.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060786

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060786.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.5260(3)Å b: 10.5260(3)Å c: 9.8908(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1095.87(6) Crystal System: tetragonal

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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	Cell Refinement Data
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	DIF File
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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Meliphanite
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]
Dal Negro A, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1967) The crystal structure of meliphanite, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 260-264
Grice J D, Hawthorne F C (2002) New data on meliphanite, Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 971-980 [view file]