Parafransoletite R130056

Name: Parafransoletite
RRUFF ID: R130056
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Be₂(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂·4H₂O
Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA
Source: Thomas A. Loomis TL-19 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130056

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130056.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.3406(9)Å b: 7.719(1)Å c: 7.077(1)Å
alpha: 94.912(7)° beta: 96.768(9)° gamma: 101.860(8)° Volume: 387.2(1)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 Parafransoletite
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]
Kampf A R, Dunn P J, Foord E E (1992) Parafransoletite, a new dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota, American Mineralogist, 77, 843-847 [view file]
Kampf A R (1992) Beryllophosphate chains in the structure of fransoletite, parafransoletite, and ehrleite and some general comments on berllophosphate linkages, American Mineralogist, 77, 848-856 [view file]