Nickeltalmessite R090023

		Name: Nickeltalmessite RRUFF ID: R090023 Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Ni(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O Locality: Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: Wiiliam W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Small pale green to colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R090023

Wavelength:

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:

R090023.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.891(6)Å b: 6.982(9)Å c: 5.567(5)Å
alpha: 97.45(5)° beta: 108.85(4)° gamma: 108.19(4)° Volume: 199.0(3)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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 Nickeltalmessite
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file]
Chukanov N V, Mukhanova A A, Möckel S, Belakovskiy D I, Levitskaya L A (2009) Nickeltalmessite, Ca₂Ni(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O - a new fairfieldite-group mineral from Bou Azzer, Morocco (abstract), Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 138, issue 4 32-39 [view file]
Chukanov N V, Mukhanova A A, Möckel S, Belakovsky D I, Levitskaya L A (2010) Nickeltalmessite, Ca₂Ni(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O, a new mineral species of the fairfieldite group, Bou Azzer, Morocco, Geology of Ore Deposits, 52, 606-611 [view file]