Willemite R100109 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Willemite R100109

Name: Willemite
RRUFF ID: R100109
Ideal Chemistry: Zn₂SiO₄
Locality: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: American Museum of Natural History 98993 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow transparent fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R100109.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Zn_1.677Mn⁺²_0.242Mg_0.034Fe⁺²_0.001)_Σ=1.954Si_1.023O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100109

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100109.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.979(1)Å b: 13.979(1)Å c: 9.345(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1581.6(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 Willemite
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]
Levy A (1830) Der willemit, Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1, 71-71 [view file]
Hang C, Simonov M A, Belov N V (1970) Crystal structures of willemite Zn₂[SiO₄] and its germanium analog Zn₂[GeO₄], Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 15, 387-390
Simonov M A, Sandomirskii P A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1977) Crystal structure of willemite, Zn₂[SiO₄], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 237, 581-584 [view file]
Klaska K H, Eck J C, Pohl D (1978) New investigation of willemite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 3324-3325
Finch A A (1990) Genthelvite and willemite, zinc minerals associated with alkaline magmatism from the Motzfeldt centre, South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 54, 407-412 [view file]

REFERENCES for Willemite

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]

Levy A (1830) Der willemit, Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1, 71-71 [view file]

Hang C, Simonov M A, Belov N V (1970) Crystal structures of willemite Zn₂[SiO₄] and its germanium analog Zn₂[GeO₄], Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 15, 387-390

Simonov M A, Sandomirskii P A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1977) Crystal structure of willemite, Zn₂[SiO₄], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 237, 581-584 [view file]

Klaska K H, Eck J C, Pohl D (1978) New investigation of willemite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 3324-3325

Finch A A (1990) Genthelvite and willemite, zinc minerals associated with alkaline magmatism from the Motzfeldt centre, South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 54, 407-412 [view file]