Uvite R050540 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Struvite R050540

Name: Struvite
RRUFF ID: R050540
Ideal Chemistry: (NH₄)MgPO₄·6H₂O
Locality: Hamburg, Germany
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4824 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-brown wedge-shaped crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050540.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(NH₄)(Mg_0.74Fe²⁺_0.14Ca_0.09Mn_0.03)_Σ=1(P_1.00O₄)·6H₂O ; NH₄ not measured but estimated by charge balance.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050540

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050540.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050540.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.9402(9)Å b: 6.1307(6)Å c: 11.205(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 476.77(6) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

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 Struvite
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]
Ulex G L (1847) Struvit, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1847, 32-33 [view file]
Ulex G L (1851) Über Struveit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1851, 51-59 [view file]
MacIvor R W E (1887) On Australian bat guano and some minerals occurring therein, The Chemical News, 55, 215-216 [view file]
MacIvor R W E (1902) On minerals occurring in Australian bat guano, The Chemical News, 85, 181-182 [view file]
Whitaker A, Jeffery J W (1970) The crystal structure of struvite, MgNH₄PO₄.6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 1429-1440
Ferraris G, Franchini-Angela M (1973) Hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state. Refinement of the crystal structure of MgNH₄AsO₄·6(H₂O), Arsenstruvite, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 859-863
Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1973) Well-developed growth zoning in a struvite bladder stone, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 985-990 [view file]
Abbona F, Calleri M, Ivaldi G (1984) Synthetic struvite, MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O: Correct polarity and surface features of some complementary forms, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 223-227
Ferraris G, Fuess H, Joswig W (1986) Neutron diffraction study of MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O (struvite) and survey of water molecules donating short hydrogen bonds, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 253-258
Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]
Stefov V, Soptrajanov B, Spirovski F, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. I. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 689, 1-10

REFERENCES for Struvite

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]

Ulex G L (1847) Struvit, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1847, 32-33 [view file]

Ulex G L (1851) Über Struveit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1851, 51-59 [view file]

MacIvor R W E (1887) On Australian bat guano and some minerals occurring therein, The Chemical News, 55, 215-216 [view file]

MacIvor R W E (1902) On minerals occurring in Australian bat guano, The Chemical News, 85, 181-182 [view file]

Whitaker A, Jeffery J W (1970) The crystal structure of struvite, MgNH₄PO₄.6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 1429-1440

Ferraris G, Franchini-Angela M (1973) Hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state. Refinement of the crystal structure of MgNH₄AsO₄·6(H₂O), Arsenstruvite, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 859-863

Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1973) Well-developed growth zoning in a struvite bladder stone, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 985-990 [view file]

Abbona F, Calleri M, Ivaldi G (1984) Synthetic struvite, MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O: Correct polarity and surface features of some complementary forms, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 223-227

Ferraris G, Fuess H, Joswig W (1986) Neutron diffraction study of MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O (struvite) and survey of water molecules donating short hydrogen bonds, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 253-258

Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]

Stefov V, Soptrajanov B, Spirovski F, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. I. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 689, 1-10