Stokesite R060587

Name: Stokesite
RRUFF ID: R060587
Ideal Chemistry: CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O
Locality: Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Michael Scott S100785 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spherical aggregate of colorless prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060587.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

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

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060587.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.460(2)Å b: 11.612(1)Å c: 5.2285(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 877.9(2) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Stokesite
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]
Hutchinson A (1900) On stokesite, a new mineral containing tin, from Cornwall, Mineralogical Magazine, 12, 274-281 [view file]
Gay P, Rickson K O (1960) X-ray data on stokesite, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 433-435 [view file]
Vorma, A (1963) The crystal structure of stokesite, CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O, Geologinen Tutkimuslaitos Bulletin de la Commission Géologique de Finlande, 208, 1-48
Vorma A (1963) Crystal structure of stokesite, CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 615-617 [view file]