Neighborite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Neighborite R080108

Name: Neighborite
RRUFF ID: R080108
Ideal Chemistry: NaMgF₃
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: William W. Pinch [view label] [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Translucent brown zoned pseudocubic crystals associated with calcite and clinoenstatite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080108

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080108.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.376(5)Å b: 5.463(5)Å c: 7.650(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 224.6(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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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REFERENCES for Neighborite
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]
Chao E C T, Evans H T, Skinner B J, Milton C (1961) Neighborite, NaMgF₃, a new mineral from the Green River formation, South Ouray, Utah, American Mineralogist, 46, 379-393 [view file]
Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 805-812 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Lütgert B, Babel D (1992) Kristallstrukturverfeinerungen an natriumtrifluorometallaten NaMF₃(M= Mg, Co, Ni, Zn): Oktaederkippung und toleranzfaktor orthorhombischer fluorperowskite, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 616, 133-140
Chen J, Liu H, Martin C D, Parise J B, Weidner D J (2005) Crystal chemistry of NaMgF₃ peroskite at high pressure and temperature, American Mineralogist, 90, 1534-1539 [view file]
Martin C D, Crichton W A, Liu H, Prakapenka V, Chen J, Parise J B (2006) Rietveld structure refinement of perovskite and post-perovskite phases of NaMgF₃ (Neighborite) at high pressures, American Mineralogist, 91, 1703-1706 [view file]
Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Ercit T S, Locock A J (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1452-1457 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Alexander M, Cranswick L M D, Swainson I P (2007) A powder neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure of the fluoroperovskite NaMgF₃ (neighborite) from 300 to 3.6 K, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 705-712
Knight K S (2014) A high-resolution powder neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure of neighborite (NaMgF₃) between 9 and 440 K, American Mineralogist, 99, 824-838
Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]

REFERENCES for Neighborite

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]

Chao E C T, Evans H T, Skinner B J, Milton C (1961) Neighborite, NaMgF₃, a new mineral from the Green River formation, South Ouray, Utah, American Mineralogist, 46, 379-393 [view file]

Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 805-812 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Lütgert B, Babel D (1992) Kristallstrukturverfeinerungen an natriumtrifluorometallaten NaMF₃(M= Mg, Co, Ni, Zn): Oktaederkippung und toleranzfaktor orthorhombischer fluorperowskite, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 616, 133-140

Chen J, Liu H, Martin C D, Parise J B, Weidner D J (2005) Crystal chemistry of NaMgF₃ peroskite at high pressure and temperature, American Mineralogist, 90, 1534-1539 [view file]

Martin C D, Crichton W A, Liu H, Prakapenka V, Chen J, Parise J B (2006) Rietveld structure refinement of perovskite and post-perovskite phases of NaMgF₃ (Neighborite) at high pressures, American Mineralogist, 91, 1703-1706 [view file]

Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Ercit T S, Locock A J (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1452-1457 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Alexander M, Cranswick L M D, Swainson I P (2007) A powder neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure of the fluoroperovskite NaMgF₃ (neighborite) from 300 to 3.6 K, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 705-712

Knight K S (2014) A high-resolution powder neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure of neighborite (NaMgF₃) between 9 and 440 K, American Mineralogist, 99, 824-838

Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]