Natanite R100016
Name: Natanite
RRUFF ID: R100016
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Sn4+(OH)6
Locality: Level 10 silicate body, El Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Source: William Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange octahedron, associated with black ilvaite, colorless fluorite, calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100016
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100016.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.865(1)Å    b: 7.865(1)Å    c: 7.865(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 486.45(5)    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Natanite

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]

Strunz V H, Contag B (1960) Hexahydroxostannate Fe, Mn, Co, Mg, Ca[Sn(OH)6] und deren kristallstruktur, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 601-603

Marshukova N K, Palovskii A B, Sidorenko G A, Chistyakova N I (1981) Vismirnovite, ZnSn(OH)6, and natanite, FeSn(OH)6, new tin minerals, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 110, issue 4 492-500   [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082   [view file]

Betterton J, Green D I, Jewson C, Spratt J, Tandy P (1998) The composition and structure of jeanbandyite and natanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 707-712   [view file]