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

Zussmanite R050448

Name: Zussmanite
RRUFF ID: R050448
Ideal Chemistry: K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄
Locality: Longvale Quarry, Mendocino County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of pale green tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Clay (86) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050448.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.87◻_0.13)_Σ=1(Fe_10.80Mg_0.98Mn_0.89Al_0.33)_Σ=13(Si_16.80Al_1.20)_Σ=18O₄₂(OH)₁₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050448

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050448.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.656(2)Å b: 11.656(2)Å c: 28.701(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3376.6(8)Å³ 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 Zussmanite
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]
Agrell S O, Bown M G, McKie D (1965) Deerite, howieite, and zussmanite, three new minerals from the Franciscan of the Laytonville District, Mendicino Co., California, American Mineralogist, 50, 278-278 [view file]
Lopes-Viera A, Zussman J (1967) The crystal structure of the mineral zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 292-293 [view file]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file]
Lopes-Vieira A, Zussman J (1969) Further detail on the crystal structure of zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 49-60 [view file]
Sameshima T, Kawachi Y (1991) Coombsite, Mn analogue of zussmanite, and associated Mn-silicates, parsettensite and caryopilite, from southeast Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 34, 329-335 [view file]
Massonne H-J, Hervé F, Medenbach O, Muñoz V, Willner A P (1998) Zussmanite in ferruginous metasediments from Southern Central Chile, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 869-876 [view file]

REFERENCES for Zussmanite

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]

Agrell S O, Bown M G, McKie D (1965) Deerite, howieite, and zussmanite, three new minerals from the Franciscan of the Laytonville District, Mendicino Co., California, American Mineralogist, 50, 278-278 [view file]

Lopes-Viera A, Zussman J (1967) The crystal structure of the mineral zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 292-293 [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file]

Lopes-Vieira A, Zussman J (1969) Further detail on the crystal structure of zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 49-60 [view file]

Sameshima T, Kawachi Y (1991) Coombsite, Mn analogue of zussmanite, and associated Mn-silicates, parsettensite and caryopilite, from southeast Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 34, 329-335 [view file]

Massonne H-J, Hervé F, Medenbach O, Muñoz V, Willner A P (1998) Zussmanite in ferruginous metasediments from Southern Central Chile, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 869-876 [view file]