Richterite R060471

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Name: Richterite
RRUFF ID: R060471
Ideal Chemistry: Na(CaNa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
Locality: Kipawa Complex, Villedieu Township, Quebec, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S100107 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black platy fragment embedded in albite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060471.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.52K0.40   0.08)(Na1.60Ca0.40)Σ=2(Mg4.25Mn0.75)Σ=5Si8O22(OH)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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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: R060471.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.8914(4)Å    b: 17.963(1)Å    c: 5.2786(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 104.274(5)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 908.96(6)    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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Richterite

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]

Breithaupt A (1865) Mineralogische studien. 25. Richterit, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 24, 364-364   [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052   [view file]

Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe2+ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342   [view file]

Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E, Hawthorne F C (1992) The behaviour of Ti in amphiboles: I. Four- and six-coordinate Ti in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 425-439

Oberti R, Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E (1993) The behaviour of Mn in amphiboles: Mn in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 43-51

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C (1993) Rietveld structure refinement of synthetic strontium-rich potassium-richterites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 199-206

Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G, Robert J L, Welch M D, Raudsepp M, Jenkins D M (1997) A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join, American Mineralogist, 82, 708-716   [view file]

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Zanetti A (2008) The crystal chemistry of alkali amphiboles from the Kajlidongri Manganese Mine, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 455-466