Ringwoodite R070079 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ringwoodite R070079

Name: Ringwoodite
RRUFF ID: R070079
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₂SiO₄
Locality: Tenham meteorite, south Gregory, Queensland, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S105057 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless grains associated with kamacite, majorite and troilite, in a polished section embedded in epoxy
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070079.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_1.50Fe_0.49Mn_0.01)_Σ=2Si_1.00O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070079

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Ringwoodite
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]
Binns R A, Davis R J, Reed S J B (1969) Ringwoodite, natural (Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄ spinel in the Tenham meteorite, Nature, 221, 943-944
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223 [view file]
Coleman L C (1977) Ringwoodite and majorite in the Catherwood meteorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 97-101 [view file]
Liu L, Lin C C, Mernagh T P, Inoue T (2002) Raman spectra of hydrous γ-Mg₂SiO₄ at various pressures and temperatures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 181-187 [link]
Keppler H, Smyth J R (2005) Optical and near infrared spectra of ringwoodite to 21.5 GPa: implications for radiative heat transport in the mantle, American Mineralogist, 90, 1209-1212 [view file]
Feng L, Lin Y, Hu S, Xu L, Miao B (2011) Estimating compositions of natural ringwoodite in the heavily shocked Grove Mountains 052049 meteorite from Raman spectra, American Mineralogist, 96, 1480-1489

REFERENCES for Ringwoodite

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]

Binns R A, Davis R J, Reed S J B (1969) Ringwoodite, natural (Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄ spinel in the Tenham meteorite, Nature, 221, 943-944

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223 [view file]

Coleman L C (1977) Ringwoodite and majorite in the Catherwood meteorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 97-101 [view file]

Liu L, Lin C C, Mernagh T P, Inoue T (2002) Raman spectra of hydrous γ-Mg₂SiO₄ at various pressures and temperatures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 181-187 [link]

Keppler H, Smyth J R (2005) Optical and near infrared spectra of ringwoodite to 21.5 GPa: implications for radiative heat transport in the mantle, American Mineralogist, 90, 1209-1212 [view file]

Feng L, Lin Y, Hu S, Xu L, Miao B (2011) Estimating compositions of natural ringwoodite in the heavily shocked Grove Mountains 052049 meteorite from Raman spectra, American Mineralogist, 96, 1480-1489