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

Veatchite R060348

Name: Veatchite
RRUFF ID: R060348
Ideal Chemistry: Sr₂[B₅O₈(OH)]₂B(OH)₃·H₂O
Locality: 1360' level, 2S Drift, Billie mine, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100082 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Transparent white fibrous and platy mass
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060348.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Sr_1.98Ca_0.02)_Σ=2[B₅O₈(OH)]₂B(OH)₃·H2O; B and H not measured but assumed by stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150 mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060348.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 20.76(2)Å b: 11.713(8)Å c: 6.630(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 91.94(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1611(4) 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.

DOWNLOADS:

	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Veatchite
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]
Switzer G (1938) Veatchite, a new calcium borate from Lang, California, American Mineralogist, 23, 409-411 [view file]
Switzer G, Brannock W W (1950) Composition of veatchite, American Mineralogist, 35, 90-92 [view file]
Kramer H, Allen R D (1956) A restudy of bakerite, priceite, and veatchite, American Mineralogist, 41, 689-700 [view file]
Clark J R, Christ C L (1971) Veatchite: crystal structure and correlations with p-veatchite, American Mineralogist, 56, 1934-1954 [view file]
Rumanova I M, Gandymov O (1971) The crystal structure of the natural strontium borate, p-Veatchite, Sr₂[B₅O₈(OH)]₂·B(OH)₃·H₂O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 75-81
Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1999) Borate minerals. II. A hierarchy of structures based upon the borate fundamental building block, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 731-762 [view file]

REFERENCES for Veatchite

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]

Switzer G (1938) Veatchite, a new calcium borate from Lang, California, American Mineralogist, 23, 409-411 [view file]

Switzer G, Brannock W W (1950) Composition of veatchite, American Mineralogist, 35, 90-92 [view file]

Kramer H, Allen R D (1956) A restudy of bakerite, priceite, and veatchite, American Mineralogist, 41, 689-700 [view file]

Clark J R, Christ C L (1971) Veatchite: crystal structure and correlations with p-veatchite, American Mineralogist, 56, 1934-1954 [view file]

Rumanova I M, Gandymov O (1971) The crystal structure of the natural strontium borate, p-Veatchite, Sr₂[B₅O₈(OH)]₂·B(OH)₃·H₂O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 75-81

Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1999) Borate minerals. II. A hierarchy of structures based upon the borate fundamental building block, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 731-762 [view file]