Wollastonite-1A R040131


 Name: Wollastonite-1A
RRUFF ID: R040131
Ideal Chemistry: CaSiO3
Locality: In-Ne-Koh-Pah Gorge, Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12446 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White coarsely crystalline massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040131.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.01Si1.00O3
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R040131
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040131.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040131.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.137(2)Å    b: 11.092(1)Å    c: 7.3249(6)Å
alpha: 99.51(3)°    beta: 100.61(4)°    gamma: 83.364(9)°   Volume: 795.42(9)    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Wollastonite-1A

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Campmas P J L (1818) Chapitre CX. Des substances cristallisées renfermées dans les laves, in Institution Géologiques par Scipion Breislak, Volume 3 Milan 192-215   [view file]

Leman J (1818) Meionite, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 20, 28-31   [view file]

Bowen N L (1922) Two corrections to new data, American Mineralogist, 7, 64-66   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]

Henmi C, Kawahara A, Henmi K, Kusachi I, Takéuchi Y (1983) The 3T, 4T and 5T polytypes of wollastonite from Kushiro, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, American Mineralogist, 68, 156-163   [view file]

Nickel E H (1993) Standardization of polytype suffixes, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 756-756   [view file]

Nickel E H (1994) Standardisation of polytype suffixes, Mineralogy and Petrology, 50, issue 4 293-294

Swamy V, Dubrovinsky L S (1997) Thermodynamic data for the phases in the CaSiO3 system, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, issue 6 1181-1191

Richet P, Mysen B, Ingrin J (1998) High-temperature X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy of diopside and pseudowollastonite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 401-414   [link]

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479   [view file]

Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125   [view file]