Proto-ferro-anthophyllite R060053
Name: Proto-ferro-anthophyllite
RRUFF ID: R060053
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2
Locality: Nyppio mine, near Utsonomiya, Japan
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of green prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060053.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe2+0.51Mn0.27Mg0.22)7Si8O22(OH)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060053
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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: R060053.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060053.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4475(5)Å    b: 18.284(4)Å    c: 5.3474(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 923.7(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Proto-ferro-anthophyllite

Sueno S, Matsuura S, Gibbs G V, Boisen M B (1998) A crystal chemical study of protoanthophyllite: orthoamphiboles with the protoamphibole structure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 366-377

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198   [view file]

Sueno S, Matsuura S, Bunno M, Kurosawa M (2002) Occurrence and crystal chemical features of protoferro-anthophyllite and protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite from Cheyenne Canyon and Cheyenne Mountain, U.S.A. and Hirukawa-mura, Suisho-yama, and Yokone-yama, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 127-136   [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]