Orthoclase X050127 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Orthoclase X050127

Name: Orthoclase
RRUFF ID: X050127
Ideal Chemistry: K(AlSi₃)O₈
Locality: Madagascar
Source: G.R. Rossman 1085
Owner: Caltech
Description: Variety moonstone
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser oriented perpendicular to the (001) face

Instrument settings:

none 785nm @ 100% of mW

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REFERENCES for Orthoclase
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1823) Feldspath. Orthoklas, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems. Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 271-275 [view file]
Breithaupt J F A (1826) Bemerkungen über das geschlecht des feldspath - Grammit´s und beschreibung des oligoklases, einer neuen spezies desselben, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 231-242 [view file]
Coombs D S (1954) Ferriferous orthoclase from Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 409-427 [view file]
Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Faye G H (1969) The optical absorption spectrum of tetrahedrally bonded Fe³⁺ in orthoclase, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 112-117 [view file]
Ferguson R B (1979) Whence orthoclase and microcline? A crystallographer’s interpretation of potassium feldspar phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 515-525 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Harris M J, Salje E K H, Guttler B K, Carpenter M A (1989) Structural states of natural potassium feldspar: An infrared spectroscopic study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 649-658
Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Parsons I, Kroll H, Reed S J B, Graeme-Barber A (1997) Exsolution and Al-Si disorder in alkali feldspars: Their analysis by infrared spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 82, 849-857 [view file]
Liu L, El Gorsey A (2007) High-pressure phase transitions of the feldspars, and further characterization of lingunite, International Geology Review, 49, 854-860
Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500 [view file]

REFERENCES for Orthoclase

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1823) Feldspath. Orthoklas, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems. Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 271-275 [view file]

Breithaupt J F A (1826) Bemerkungen über das geschlecht des feldspath - Grammit´s und beschreibung des oligoklases, einer neuen spezies desselben, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 231-242 [view file]

Coombs D S (1954) Ferriferous orthoclase from Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 409-427 [view file]

Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Faye G H (1969) The optical absorption spectrum of tetrahedrally bonded Fe³⁺ in orthoclase, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 112-117 [view file]

Ferguson R B (1979) Whence orthoclase and microcline? A crystallographer’s interpretation of potassium feldspar phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 515-525 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Harris M J, Salje E K H, Guttler B K, Carpenter M A (1989) Structural states of natural potassium feldspar: An infrared spectroscopic study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 649-658

Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Parsons I, Kroll H, Reed S J B, Graeme-Barber A (1997) Exsolution and Al-Si disorder in alkali feldspars: Their analysis by infrared spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 82, 849-857 [view file]

Liu L, El Gorsey A (2007) High-pressure phase transitions of the feldspars, and further characterization of lingunite, International Geology Review, 49, 854-860

Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500 [view file]