Phenakite X050129

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Name: Phenakite RRUFF ID: X050129 Ideal Chemistry: Be₂SiO₄ Locality: Anjomabonoia, Madagascar Source: RD Shannon 49022- 34 Owner: Caltech Description: Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser oriented parallel to the c axis

Instrument settings:

none 785nm @ 100% of mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Mode Analysis

REFERENCES for Phenakite
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]
Nordenskjöld N (1834) Beskrifning på phenakit, ett nytt mineral från Ural, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1833, 160-165 [view file]
Zachariasen W H (1971) Refined crystal structure of phenacite, Be₂SiO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 1021-1025
Hazen R M, Au A Y (1986) High-pressure crystal chemistry of phenakite (Be₂SiO₄) and bertrandite (Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 69-78
Downs J W, Gibbs G V (1987) An exploratory examination of the electron density and electrostatic potential of phenakite, American Mineralogist, 72, 769-777 [view file]
Hofmeister A M, Hoering T C, Virgo D (1987) Vibrational spectroscopy of of beryllium aluminosilicates: heat capacity calculations from band assignments, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 14, 205-224
Martin-Izard A, Paniagua A, Moreiras D, Acevedo R D, Marcos-Pascual C (1995) Metasomatism at a granitic pegmatite - dunite contact in Galicia: the Franqueira occurrence of chrysoberyl (alexandrite), emerald, and phenakite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 775-792 [view file]