R060010 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ludwigite R060010

Name: Ludwigite
RRUFF ID: R060010
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)
Locality: Victoria Quarry, Riverside, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9094 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black elongated prismatic crystals, associated with pale yellow clinohumite on white calcite matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060010.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_1.68Fe²⁺_0.32)_Σ=2(Fe³⁺_0.74Al_0.23Cr_0.03)_Σ=1O₅ ; B not measured but estimated by difference and charge balance

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060010

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R060010.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060010.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.2330(4)Å b: 12.254(1)Å c: 3.0200(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 341.69(4) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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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.

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REFERENCES for Ludwigite
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]
Tschermak G (1874) Ludwigit, ein neues mineral aus dem Banate, Mineralogische Mittheilungen, 1874, 59-66 [view file]
Bertaut E F (1950) Structures des boroferrites, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 473-474
Takéuchi Y, Watanabé T, Ito T (1950) The crystal structures of warwickite, ludwigite and pinakiolite, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 98-107
Bovin J O, O'Keefe M, O'Keefe M A (1981) Electron microscopy of oxyborates. I. Defect structures in the minerals pinakiolite, ludwigite, orthopirakiolite, and takéuchiite, Acta Crystallographica, A37, 28-35
Hriljac J A, Brown R D, Cheetham A K, Satek L C (1990) The synthesis and crystal structures of the related series of aluminoborates: Co_2.1Al_0.9BO₅, Ni₂AlBO₅ and Cu₂AlBO, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 84, 289-298
Norrestam R, Kritikos M, Nielsen K, Sotofte I, Thorup N (1994) Structural characterization of two synthetic Ni-ludwigites, and some semiempirical EHTB calculations on the ludwigite structure type, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 111, 217-223
Irwin M B, Peterson R C (1999) The crystal structure of ludwigite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 939-943 [view file]
Marincea S (1999) Ludwigite from the type locality, Onca de Fier, Romania: new data and review, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1343-1362 [view file]
Holtstam D (2001) Crystal chemistry of a manganian ludwigite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 520-528
Leite C A F, Guimaraes R B, Fernandes J C, Continentino M A, Paschoal C W A, Ayala A P, Guedes I (2001) Temperature-dependent Raman scattering study of Fe₃O₂BO₃ ludwigite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 1-5
Brovkin A A, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Rykova E A (2002) Cation distribution in the structure of titanium-containing ludwigite [Russian], Kristallografiya, 47, 457-459

REFERENCES for Ludwigite

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]

Tschermak G (1874) Ludwigit, ein neues mineral aus dem Banate, Mineralogische Mittheilungen, 1874, 59-66 [view file]

Bertaut E F (1950) Structures des boroferrites, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 473-474

Takéuchi Y, Watanabé T, Ito T (1950) The crystal structures of warwickite, ludwigite and pinakiolite, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 98-107

Bovin J O, O'Keefe M, O'Keefe M A (1981) Electron microscopy of oxyborates. I. Defect structures in the minerals pinakiolite, ludwigite, orthopirakiolite, and takéuchiite, Acta Crystallographica, A37, 28-35

Hriljac J A, Brown R D, Cheetham A K, Satek L C (1990) The synthesis and crystal structures of the related series of aluminoborates: Co_2.1Al_0.9BO₅, Ni₂AlBO₅ and Cu₂AlBO, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 84, 289-298

Norrestam R, Kritikos M, Nielsen K, Sotofte I, Thorup N (1994) Structural characterization of two synthetic Ni-ludwigites, and some semiempirical EHTB calculations on the ludwigite structure type, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 111, 217-223

Irwin M B, Peterson R C (1999) The crystal structure of ludwigite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 939-943 [view file]

Marincea S (1999) Ludwigite from the type locality, Onca de Fier, Romania: new data and review, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1343-1362 [view file]

Holtstam D (2001) Crystal chemistry of a manganian ludwigite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 520-528

Leite C A F, Guimaraes R B, Fernandes J C, Continentino M A, Paschoal C W A, Ayala A P, Guedes I (2001) Temperature-dependent Raman scattering study of Fe₃O₂BO₃ ludwigite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 1-5

Brovkin A A, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Rykova E A (2002) Cation distribution in the structure of titanium-containing ludwigite [Russian], Kristallografiya, 47, 457-459