Gaspéite R060366


Name: Gaspéite
RRUFF ID: R060366
Ideal Chemistry: NiCO3
Locality: Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
Source: Herb Obodda 011 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green fine-grained massive coating
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060366.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ni0.67Mg0.30Ca0.02Co0.01)Σ=1CO3
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150 mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060366.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.6194(3)Å    b: 4.6194(3)Å    c: 14.855(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 274.52(7)    Crystal System: hexagonal
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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 Gaspéite

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]

Kohls D W, Rodda J L (1966) Gaspeite, (Ni, Mg, Fe) (CO3), a new carbonate from the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, American Mineralogist, 51, 677-684   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330   [view file]

Seguin M K (1973) The stability of gaspeite in inert atmospheres and in air, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 26-32   [view file]

Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528

Pertlik F (1986) Structures of hydrothermally synthesized cobalt(II) carbonate and nickel(II) carbonate, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 4-5

Bermanec V, Sijaric G, Kniewald G, Mandarino J A (2000) Gaspéite and associated Ni-rich minerals from veins in altered ultrabasic rocks from Dubostica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1371-1376   [view file]