Riebeckite R120033



Name: Riebeckite
RRUFF ID: R120033
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
Locality: Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black prismatic crystals associated with titanite, R120030
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R120033
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R120033.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.820(1)Å    b: 18.057(2)Å    c: 5.3291(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 103.711(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 918.0(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Riebeckite

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White, A J R (1962) Aegirine-riebeckite shists from South Westland, New Zealand, Journal of Petrology, 3, 38-48

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Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Hawthorne F C, Redhammer G J, Susta U, Della Ventura G (2018) The high-temperature behaviour of riebeckite: expansivity, deprotonation, selective Fe oxidation and a novel cation disordering scheme for amphiboles, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 437-449

Susta U, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y A, Day M C, Mihailova B, Oberti R (2018) The crystal-chemistry of riebeckite, ideally Na2Fe32+Fe23+Si8O22(OH)2: a multi-technique study, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 837-852

Ventura G D, Mihailova B, Susta U, Guidi M C, Marcelli A, Schlüter J, Oberti R (2018) The dynamics of Fe oxidation in riebeckite: A model for amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 103, 1103-1111

Della Ventura G, Radica F, Galdenzi F, Susta U, Cinque G, Cestelli-Guidi M, Mihailova B, Marcelli A (2022) Kinetics of dehydrogenation of riebeckite Na2Fe3+2Fe2+3Si8O22(OH)2: An HT-FTIR study, American Mineralogist, 107, 754-764

Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

Della Ventura G, Redhammer G J, Galdenzi F, Ventruti G, Susta U, Oberti R, Radica F, Marcelli A (2023) Oxidation or cation re-arrangement? Distinct behavior of riebeckite at high temperature, American Mineralogist, 108, 59-69