Trembathite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Trembathite R070756

Name: Trembathite
RRUFF ID: R070756
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl
Locality: Salt Springs deposit (Salt Springs evaporite deposit), Sussex, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S104098 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue-green pseudocubic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070756

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070756.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.59(3)Å b: 8.59(3)Å c: 21.08(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1347(2) Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Trembathite
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]
Burns P C, Hawthorne F C, Stirling J A R (1992) Trembathite, (Mg,Fe)₃B₇O₁₃Cl, a new borate mineral from the Salt Springs potash deposit, Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 445-448 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 233-238 [view file]
Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1996) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 881-892 [view file]
Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1997) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: an infrared spectroscopic study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 189-202 [view file]

REFERENCES for Trembathite

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]

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C, Stirling J A R (1992) Trembathite, (Mg,Fe)₃B₇O₁₃Cl, a new borate mineral from the Salt Springs potash deposit, Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 445-448 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 233-238 [view file]

Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1996) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 881-892 [view file]

Burns P C, Carpenter M A (1997) Phase transitions in the series boracite – trembathite – congolite: an infrared spectroscopic study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 189-202 [view file]