Portlandite R070210
Name: Portlandite
RRUFF ID: R070210
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(OH)2
Locality: N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Michael Scott S105352 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White flexible platy crystals associated with calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Brucite (5) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070210.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00(OH)2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070210
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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: R070210.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070210.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.59357(7)Å    b: 3.59357(7)Å    c: 4.90935(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 54.904(2)Å3    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 Portlandite

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]

Tilley C E (1933) Portlandite, a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 419-420   [view file]

Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 35-36   [view file]

Chaix-Pluchery O, Pannetier J, Bouillot J, Niepce J C (1987) Structural prereactional transformations in Ca(OH)2, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 67, 225-234

Kunz M, Leinenweber K, Parise J B, Wu T C, Bassett W A, Brister K, Weidner D J, Vaughan M T, Wang Y (1996) The baddeleyite-type high pressure phase of Ca(OH)2, High Pressure Research, 14, issue 4 311-319

Xu H, Zhao Y, Zhang J, Hickmott D D, Daemen L L (2007) In situ neutron diffraction study of deuterated portlandite Ca(OD)2 at high pressure and temperature, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 223-232

Iizuka R, Yagi T, Komatsu K, Gotou H, Tsuchiya T, Kusaba K, Kagi H (2013) Crystal structure of the high-pressure phase of calcium hydroxide, portlandite: In situ powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 98, 1421-1428

Haberle C W, Garvie L A J (2017) Extraterrestrial formation of oldhamite and portlandite through thermal metamorphism of calcite in the Sutter's Mill carbonaceous chondrite, American Mineralogist, 102, 2415-2421