Sainfeldite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sainfeldite R060273

Name: Sainfeldite
RRUFF ID: R060273
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₅(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂·4H₂O
Locality: Grube Gift (Gift mine), Sainte Marie-aux-mines, Alsace, France
Source: Michael Scott S100168 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bladed colorless crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060273.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_4.98Mn_0.02)_Σ=5(As_1.00O₄)₂(As_1.00O₃OH)₂·4H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060273.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.737(6)Å b: 9.775(4)Å c: 10.164(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 96.97(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1848(1) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Sainfeldite
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]
Pierrot R (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des arséniates calciques et calcomagnésiens naturels, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 169-211
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file]
Ferraris G, Abbona F (1972) The crystal structure of Ca₅(HAsO₄)₂(AsO₄)₂·4H₂O (Sainfeldite), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 95, 33-41
Rodriguez J D, Jimenez A, Prieto M, Torre L, Garcia-Granda S (2008) Interaction of gypsum with As(V)-bearing aqueous solutions: Surface precipitation of guerinite, sainfeldite, and Ca₂NaH(AsO₄)₂·6H₂O, a synthetic arsenate, American Mineralogist, 93, 928-939
Kampf A R (2009) Miguelromeroite, the Mn analogue of sainfeldite, and redefinition of villyaellenite as an ordered intermediate in the sainfeldite-miguelromeroite series, American Mineralogist, 94, 1535-1540

REFERENCES for Sainfeldite

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]

Pierrot R (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des arséniates calciques et calcomagnésiens naturels, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 169-211

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file]

Ferraris G, Abbona F (1972) The crystal structure of Ca₅(HAsO₄)₂(AsO₄)₂·4H₂O (Sainfeldite), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 95, 33-41

Rodriguez J D, Jimenez A, Prieto M, Torre L, Garcia-Granda S (2008) Interaction of gypsum with As(V)-bearing aqueous solutions: Surface precipitation of guerinite, sainfeldite, and Ca₂NaH(AsO₄)₂·6H₂O, a synthetic arsenate, American Mineralogist, 93, 928-939

Kampf A R (2009) Miguelromeroite, the Mn analogue of sainfeldite, and redefinition of villyaellenite as an ordered intermediate in the sainfeldite-miguelromeroite series, American Mineralogist, 94, 1535-1540