Olenite R061133
Name: Olenite
RRUFF ID: R061133
Ideal Chemistry: NaAl9B3Si6O27O3(OH)
Locality: Uvil'dy, Urals, Siberia, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S104229 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue-gray grains
Status: The identification of this mineral has only been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061133.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061133.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 15.806(5)Å    b: 15.806(5)Å    c: 7.089(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 1533.8(3)    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Olenite

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]

Sokolov P B, Gorskaya M G, Gordienko V V, Petrova M G, Kretser Y L, Frank-Kamenetskii V A (1986) Olenite Na1-xAl3Al6B3Si6O27(O,OH)4—a new high-alumina mineral of the tourmaline group, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 115, issue 1 119-123   [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Puziewics J, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 439-445   [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215

Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Shearer C K, Yates M G, Guidotti C V (2000) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in a tourmaline: boron-rich olenite from Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Austria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 861-868   [view file]

Marler B, Borowski M, Wodara U, Schreyer W (2002) Synthetic tourmaline (olenite) with excess boron replacing silicon in the tetrahedral site: II. Structure analysis, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 763-771

Schreyer W, Hughes J M, Bernhardt H J, Kalt A, Prowatke S, Ertl A (2002) Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in tetrahedral coordination, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 935-942

Ertl A, Pertlik F, Dyar M D, Prowatke S, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J (2004) Fe-rich olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Fe3+ from Eibenstein, Austria: structural, chemical, and Mössbauer data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1057-1063   [view file]

Ertl A, Schuster R, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J, Koller F, Hughes J M (2004) Mn-rich tourmaline and fluorapatite in a Variscan pegmatite from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 551-560

Cempírek J, Novák M, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Rossman G R, Dyar D M (2006) Fe-bearing olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Al from an abyssal pegmatite at Kutná Hora, Czech Republic: structure, crystal chemistry, optical and XANES spectra, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 23-30   [view file]