Inesite R070456



Name: Inesite
RRUFF ID: R070456
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O
Locality: Fengjiashan mine (Daye Copper mine), Daye County, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Source: Michael Scott S101923 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fan-shaped cluster of pink laths associated with quartz and brown platy hubeite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070456.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca2.00(Mn2+6.03Fe2+0.93Mg0.04)Σ=7Si10.00O28(OH)2·5H2O; (OH) estimated by charge balance; H2O by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070456
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070456.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.868(2)Å    b: 9.264(1)Å    c: 11.972(3)Å
alpha: 88.208(9)°    beta: 131.919(7)°    gamma: 96.604(8)°   Volume: 725.6(6)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Inesite

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]

Schneider A (1887) Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft. Protokoll der November - Sitzung. Über neue Manganerze aus dem Dillenburgischen, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 39, 829-834   [view file]

Glass J J, Schaller W T (1939) Inesite, American Mineralogist, 24, 26-39   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Wan C, Ghose S (1978) Inesite, a hydrated calcium manganese silicate with five-tetrahedral-repeat double chains, American Mineralogist, 63, 563-571   [view file]

Hîrtopanu P, Dumitras D G, Marincea Ş, Călin N (2022) Inesite, hubeite, ruizite, apophyllite, and manganoan ilvaite from Cavnic, Eastern Carpathians, Romania, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 17, 387-400   [view file]