Rajite R060729
Name: Rajite
RRUFF ID: R060729
Ideal Chemistry: CuTe4+2O5
Locality: Lone Pine mine, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bundles of green to white bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060729.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu0.930Fe2+0.055Cr0.010◻0.005)Σ=1Te4+2.00O5
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060729.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.868(1)Å    b: 9.329(2)Å    c: 7.600(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 109.09(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 460.1(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Rajite

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]

Hanke K, Kupčik V, Lindqvist O (1978) The crystal structure of CuTe2O5, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 963-970

Fleischer M, Burns R G, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Hogarth D D, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 1329-1334   [view file]

Williams S A (1979) Rajite, naturally occuring cupric pyrotellurite, a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 91-92   [view file]

Frost R L, Dickfos M J, Keeffe E C (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of the tellurite minerals: rajite and denningite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A71, 1512-1515