Potassic-fluoro-richterite R060034


 Name: Potassic-fluoro-richterite
RRUFF ID: R060034
Ideal Chemistry: K(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22F2
Locality: Walgidee, Western Australia, Australia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8624 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Transparent brown water worn crystal fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060034.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (K0.98Na0.02)(Ca1.10Na0.90)(Mg4.69Fe2+0.30Mn0.01)(Si7.50Ti0.40Al0.10)O22((F0.74(OH)0.26)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060034
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R060034.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060034.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.9067(3)Å    b: 18.079(2)Å    c: 5.3091(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.077(5)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 918.14(8)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Potassic-fluoro-richterite

Della Ventura G, Maras A, Parodi G C (1983) Potassium-fluorrichterite from Monte Somma (Campania) Italy, Periodico di Mineralogia, 52, 617-630   [view file]

Della Ventura G, Parodi G C, Maras A (1992) Potassium-fluor-richterite, a new amphibole from San Vito, Monte Somma, Campania, Italy, Rendiconti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 3, 239-245

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048   [view file]