Caryopilite R070180



Name: Caryopilite
RRUFF ID: R070180
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+3Si2O5(OH)4
Locality: Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S102435 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spherical aggregates of brown thin platelets
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction
Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ serpentine (12) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070180
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070180.1
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
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REFERENCES for Caryopilite

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]

Hamberg A (1889) Über karyopilit, ein wasserhaltiges manganoxydulsilikat von der Grube Harstigen bei Pajsberg in Vermland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 11, 27-32   [view file]

Yoshimura T, Shirozu H, Hirowatari F (1958) Bementite and pyroxmangite from the Ichinomata mine, Kumamoto Prefecture, Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan, 3, 457-467   [view file]

Kato T (1963) New data on the so-called bementite, Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan, 6, 93-103   [view file]

Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Peacor D R, Essene E J (1980) Caryopilite-a member of the friedelite rather than the serpentine group, American Mineralogist, 65, 335-339   [view file]

Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Nelen J A, Norberg J A (1981) Crystal-chemical data for schallerite, caryopilite and friedelite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 66, 1054-1062   [view file]

Guggenheim S, Bailey S W, Eggleton R A, Wilkes P (1982) Structural aspects of greenalite and related minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 1-18   [view file]

Sameshima T, Kawachi Y (1991) Coombsite, Mn analogue of zussmanite, and associated Mn-silicates, parsettensite and caryopilite, from southeast Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 34, 329-335   [view file]

Guggenheim S, Eggleton R A (1998) Modulated crystal structures of greenalite and caryopilite: a system with long-range, in-plane structural disorder in the tetrahedra sheet, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 163-179   [view file]