Tschermigite R050276


 Name: Tschermigite
RRUFF ID: R050276
Ideal Chemistry: NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O
Locality: near Wamsutter, Wyoming, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fibrous columnar aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050276.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050276
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050276.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050276.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.2402(1)Å    b: 12.2402(1)Å    c: 12.2402(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1833.86(6)    Crystal System: cubic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Tschermigite

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]

Abdeen A M, Will G, Schafer W, Kirfel A, Bargouth M O, Recker K, Weiss A (1981) X-ray and neutron diffraction study of alums: II. The crystal structure of methylammonium aluminium alum III. The crystal structure of ammonium aluminium alum, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 157, 147-166   [view file]

Frost R L, Kloprogge J T (2001) Raman microscopy study of kalinite, tschermigite and lonecreekite at 298 and 77 K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 27-40