Tin R040063 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Actinolite R040063

Name: Actinolite
RRUFF ID: R040063
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Harford County, Maryland, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6789 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Mass of green acicular to bladed crystals associated with chlorite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040063.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_1.90Na_0.06Mn_0.04)_Σ=2(Mg_4.35Fe_0.65)_Σ=5(Si_7.92Al_0.08)_Σ=8O₂₂(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

S00298

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040063

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040063.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040063.1

Sample Description:

Powder additionally shows small amount of chlorite

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.8387(3)Å b: 18.0744(8)Å c: 5.2830(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 104.708(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 908.69(10) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Actinolite
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]
Kirwan R (1794) 16th species: actynolite, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 167-170 [view file]
Winchell A N (1931) Further studies in the amphibole group, American Mineralogist, 16, 250-266 [view file]
Blaha J J, Rosasco G J (1978) Raman microprobe spectra of individual microcrystals and fibers of talc, tremolite, and related silicate minerals, Analytical Chemistry, 50, 892-896
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]
Arai S, Hirai H (1986) Nickeloan manganoan subcalcic actinolite in a metachert from the Mineoka belt, central Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 475-477 [view file]
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]
Evans B W, Yang H (1998) Fe-Mg order-disorder in tremolite-actinolite-ferro-actinolte at ambient and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 83, 458-475 [view file]
Mikouchi T, Miyamoto M (2000) Micro Raman spectroscopy of amphiboles and pyroxenes in the martian meteorites Zagami and Lewis Cliff 88516, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 35, 155-159 [view file]
Verkouteren J R, Wylie A G (2000) The tremolite-actinolite-ferro–actinolite series: systematic relationships among cell parameters, composition, optical properties, and habit, and evidence of discontinuities, American Mineralogist, 85, 1239-1354 [view file]
Huang E-P (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of amphiboles, Doctoral Dissertation, 1, 1-138 [view file]
Gopal N O, Narasimhulu K V, Rao J L (2004) EPR, optical, infrared and Raman spectral studies of actinolite mineral, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 60, 2441-2448 [link]
Day H W, Springer R K (2005) The first appearance of actinolite in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 89-104 [view file]
Petry R, Mastalerz R, Zahn S, Mayerhöfer T G, Völksch G, Viereck-Götte L, Kreher-Hartmann B, Holz L, Lankers M, Popp J (2006) Asbestos mineral analysis by UV Raman and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem, 7, 414-420 [view file]
Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]

REFERENCES for Actinolite

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]

Kirwan R (1794) 16th species: actynolite, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 167-170 [view file]

Winchell A N (1931) Further studies in the amphibole group, American Mineralogist, 16, 250-266 [view file]

Blaha J J, Rosasco G J (1978) Raman microprobe spectra of individual microcrystals and fibers of talc, tremolite, and related silicate minerals, Analytical Chemistry, 50, 892-896

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]

Arai S, Hirai H (1986) Nickeloan manganoan subcalcic actinolite in a metachert from the Mineoka belt, central Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 475-477 [view file]

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]

Evans B W, Yang H (1998) Fe-Mg order-disorder in tremolite-actinolite-ferro-actinolte at ambient and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 83, 458-475 [view file]

Mikouchi T, Miyamoto M (2000) Micro Raman spectroscopy of amphiboles and pyroxenes in the martian meteorites Zagami and Lewis Cliff 88516, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 35, 155-159 [view file]

Verkouteren J R, Wylie A G (2000) The tremolite-actinolite-ferro–actinolite series: systematic relationships among cell parameters, composition, optical properties, and habit, and evidence of discontinuities, American Mineralogist, 85, 1239-1354 [view file]

Huang E-P (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of amphiboles, Doctoral Dissertation, 1, 1-138 [view file]

Gopal N O, Narasimhulu K V, Rao J L (2004) EPR, optical, infrared and Raman spectral studies of actinolite mineral, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 60, 2441-2448 [link]

Day H W, Springer R K (2005) The first appearance of actinolite in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 89-104 [view file]

Petry R, Mastalerz R, Zahn S, Mayerhöfer T G, Völksch G, Viereck-Götte L, Kreher-Hartmann B, Holz L, Lankers M, Popp J (2006) Asbestos mineral analysis by UV Raman and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem, 7, 414-420 [view file]

Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]