Tavorite R070523
Name: Tavorite
RRUFF ID: R070523
Ideal Chemistry: LiFe3+PO4(OH)
Locality: Bull Moose mine, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright greenish-yellow vitreous crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070523
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Tavorite

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]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852   [view file]

Lindberg M L, Pecora W T (1954) Tavorite and barbosalite: two new phosphate minerals from Minas Gerais, Brazil, Science, 119, 739-739

Lindberg M L, Pecora W T (1955) Tavorite and barbosalite, two new phosphate minerals from Minas Gerias, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 40, 952-966   [view file]

Yakubovich O V, Urusov V S (1997) The structure and electron density of Fe2+-bearing tavorite in relation to the genetic crystal chemistry of secondary phosphates of lithium pegmatites, Geochemistry International, 35, 630-638