Yuanfuliite R100067
Name: Yuanfuliite
RRUFF ID: R100067
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(Fe3+,Al)O(BO3)
Locality: La Ceila, near Jumilla, Murcia Province, Spain
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of red needles associated with black tabular hematite, colorless plates of sanidine, and yellow bladed crystals of an amphibole R100069, possibly richterite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Warwickite (3) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100067
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100067.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.257(8)Å    b: 9.415(6)Å    c: 3.107(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 270.8(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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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REFERENCES for Yuanfuliite

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]

Bigi S, Brigatti M F, Capedri S (1991) Crystal chemistry of Fe- and Cr-rich warwickite, American Mineralogist, 76, 1380-1388   [view file]

Huang Z, Wang P (1994) Yuanfuliite - a new borate mineral, Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, 13, 328-334   [view file]

Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 249-254   [view file]

Appel P W U, Bigi S, Brigatti M F (1999) Crystal structure and chemistry of yuanfuliite and its relationships with warwickite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 483-491