Pezzottaite R060583

Name: Pezzottaite
RRUFF ID: R060583
Ideal Chemistry: CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Locality: Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Source: Michael Scott S100812 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink thin tabular hexagonal plate
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060583.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060583.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.2161(2)Å b: 9.2161(2)Å c: 9.2813(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 682.70(3) Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Pezzottaite
Laurs B M, Simmons W B, Rossman G R, Quinn E P, McClure S F, Peretti A, Armbruster T, Hawthorne F C, Falster A U, Günther D, Cooper M A, Grobéty (2003) Pezzottaite from Ambatovita, Madagascar: a new gem mineral, Gems & Gemology, 39, 284-301 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Laurs B M, Armbruster T, Rossman G R, Peretti A, Günter D, Grobéty B (2004) Pezzottaite Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ A spectacular new beryl-group mineral from the Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar, The Mineralogical Record, 35, 369-378
Piilonen P C, Grew E S, Ercit T S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1227-1233 [view file]
Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file]