Brassite R060042
Name: Brassite
RRUFF ID: R060042
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(AsO3OH)·4H2O
Locality: Bohemia Region, Svornost mine, Jachymov, Czech Republic
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16150 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White powder associated with pharmacolite, R050537
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060042.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Mg1.00(As1.00O3OH)ยท4H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060042.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.4796(6)Å    b: 10.8935(7)Å    c: 16.594(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1352.0(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Brassite

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]

Fontan F, Orliac M, Permingeat F, Pierrot R, Stahl R (1973) La brassite, MgHAsO4·4H2O, une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 96, 365-370   [view file]

Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 945-947   [view file]

Protas J, Gindt R (1976) Structure cristalline de la brassite, MgHAsO4·(H2O), produit de déshydratation de la roesslérite, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 1460-1466

Frost R L, Bahfenne S, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Palmer S J, Škoda R (2010) Raman microscopy of haidingerite Ca(AsO3OH)·H2O and brassite Mg(AsO3OH)·4H2O, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 690-693