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.
Mineral Group: [ Hureaulite (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060273.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca4.98Mn0.02)Σ=5(As1.00O4)2(As1.00O3OH)2·4H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060273
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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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)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 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   [view file]

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   [view file]

Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47

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   [view file]

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   [view file]