Spiroffite R070744
Name: Spiroffite
RRUFF ID: R070744
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+2Te4+3O8
Locality: Bambollita mine (Oriental mine), Moctezuma, Municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Michael Scott S102660 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive red-orange/purple crystals; associated with yellow tellurite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070744.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R070744.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.872(1)Å    b: 5.3793(6)Å    c: 11.8985(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 98.307(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 815.3(2)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 Spiroffite

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]

Mandarino J A (1962) Spiroffite, a new tellurite mineral from Mexico, American Mineralogist, 47, 196-196   [view file]

Mandarino J A, Williams S J, Mitchell R S (1963) Spiroffite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 1, 305-309   [view file]

Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of spiroffite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 821-826   [view file]