Rankinite R140775
Name: Rankinite
RRUFF ID: R140775
Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Si2O7
Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to gray, associated with andradite, melilite and cuspidine (R140776).
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R140775
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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: R140775.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.556(2)Å    b: 8.897(2)Å    c: 7.863(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 119.54(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 642.4(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Rankinite

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]

Fleischer M (1942) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 27, 720-720   [view file]

Tilley C E (1942) Tricalcium disilicate (rankinite), a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 26, 190-197   [view file]

Black P M (1969) Rankinite and kilehoanite from Tokatoka, New Zealand, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 517-519   [view file]

Kusachi I, Henmi C, Kawahara A, Henmi K (1975) The structure of rankinite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 38-47   [view file]

Saburi S, Kusachi I, Henmi C, Kawahara A, Henmi K, Kawada I (1976) Refinement of the structure of rankinite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 240-246   [view file]