Pyroxmangite R130536



Name: Pyroxmangite
RRUFF ID: R130536
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+SiO3
Locality: Taguchi mine, Shidara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Source: Rock Currier and Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tabular gemmy red crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R130536
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130536.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.675(2)Å    b: 10.488(1)Å    c: 17.378(3)Å
alpha: 112.20(1)°    beta: 102.889(8)°    gamma: 82.98(1)°   Volume: 1590.2(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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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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REFERENCES for Pyroxmangite

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]

Ford W E, Bradley W M (1913) Pyroxmangite, a new member of the pyroxene group and its alteration product, skemmatite, American Journal of Science, 186, 169-174   [view file]

Liebau F (1957) The crystal structures of rhodonite, CaMn4[Si5O15], and pyroxmangite, (Ca, Mg)(Mn, Fe)6[Si7O21], Acta Crystallographica, 10, 761-761

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]

Manning P G (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmangite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 348-357   [view file]

Pinckney L R, Burnham C W (1988) Effects of compositional variation on the crystal structures of pyroxmangite and rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 798-808   [view file]

Zanazzi P F, Nestola F, Nazzareni S, Comodi P (2008) Pyroxmangite: A high pressure single-crystal study, American Mineralogist, 93, 1921-1928   [view file]