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

Chlorapatite R060192

Name: Chlorapatite
RRUFF ID: R060192
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Locality: Parelhas, Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil
Source: Luiz Menezes [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to gray fine-grained parallel aggregates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060192.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_4.97Mn_0.03)_Σ=5(P_1.00O₄)₃(Cl_0.69(OH)_0.29F_0.02)_Σ=1 ; trace amounts of Sr ; (OH) estimated by difference and stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, too fine-grained to orient, 532 nm spectra overwhelmed by fluorescence

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060192

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, too fine-grained to orient, 532 nm spectra overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060192.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.4677(5)Å b: 18.947(2)Å c: 6.8328(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120.059(4)° Volume: 1060.83(7)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chlorapatite
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]
Rose G (1827) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung der Apatite, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 85, 185-214 [view file]
Rammelsberg C F (1860) Apatit, in Handbuch der Mineralchemie Wilhelm Engelmann Leipzig 351-355 [view file]
Chao G Y, Hounslow A W (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Monoclinic chlorapatite from Bob's Lake, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 286-286 [view file]
Hounslow A W, Chao G Y (1970) Monoclinic chlorapatite from Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 252-259 [view file]
Babu S K (1972) On the occurrence of chlorapatite at the emerald mine, Rajagarh village, Ajmer, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 972-974 [view file]
Mackie P E, Elliott J C, Young R A (1972) Monoclinic structure of synthetic Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl, chlorapatite, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1840-1848
Mackie P E, Young R A (1974) Fluorine-chlorine interaction in fluor-chlorapatite, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 319-329
Argiolas R, Baumer A (1978) Synthèse de chlorapatite par voie hydrothermale: étude de l'influence de la sursaturation sur l'évolution des faciès des cristaux, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 285-290 [view file]
Effenberger H, Pertlik F (1978) Die kristallstruktur des finnemanits, Pb₅Cl(AsO₃)₃, mit einem vergleich zum strukturtyp des chlorapatits, Ca₅Cl(PO₄)₃, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 26, 95-107
Argiolas R, Baumer A, Lapraz D (1979) Caractérisation des cristaux de chlorapatite synthétisés par voie hydrothermale: discussion à propos d’anomalies optiques, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 573-577 [view file]
Baumer A, Caruba R, Bizouard H, Peckett A (1983) Chlorapatite de synthèse: substitution et inclusions de Mn, Ce, U et Th en traces, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 567-573 [view file]
Elliott J C (1985) Optical properties of synthetic and mineral chlorapatites, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 18, 384-387 [view file]
Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]
Meurer W P, Hellström F A, Claeson D T (2004) The relationship between chlorapatite and PGE-rich cumulates in layered intrusions: the Kläppsjö Gabbro, north-central Sweden, as a case study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 279-289 [view file]
Nokhrin S M, Pan Y, Weil J A, Nilges M J (2005) Multifrequency EPR study of radiation-induced defects in chlorapatite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1581-1588 [view file]
Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]
Dordevic T, Sutovic S, Stojanovic J, Karanovic L (2008) Sr, Ba and Cd arsenates with the apatite-type structure, Acta Crystallographica, C64, i82-i86
Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file]
Hughes J M, Nekvasil H, Ustunisik G, Lindsley D H, Coraor A E, Vaughn J, Phillips B L, McCubbin F M, Woerner W R (2014) Solid solution in the fluorapatite-chlorapatite binary system: High-precision crystal structure refinements of synthetic F-Cl apatite, American Mineralogist, 99, 369-376 [view file]
Hughes J M (2015) The many facets of apatite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1033-1039
Hughes J M, Harlov D, Kelly S R, Rakovan J, Wilke M (2016) Solid solution in the apatite OH-Cl binary system: Compositional dependence of solid-solution mechanisms in calcium phosphate apatites along the Cl-OH binary, American Mineralogist, 101, 1783-1791
Kelly S R, Rakovan J, Hughes J M (2017) Column anion arrangements in chemically zoned ternary chlorapatite and fluorapatite from Kurokura, Japan, American Mineralogist, 102, 720-727

REFERENCES for Chlorapatite

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]

Rose G (1827) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung der Apatite, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 85, 185-214 [view file]

Rammelsberg C F (1860) Apatit, in Handbuch der Mineralchemie Wilhelm Engelmann Leipzig 351-355 [view file]

Chao G Y, Hounslow A W (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Monoclinic chlorapatite from Bob's Lake, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 286-286 [view file]

Hounslow A W, Chao G Y (1970) Monoclinic chlorapatite from Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 252-259 [view file]

Babu S K (1972) On the occurrence of chlorapatite at the emerald mine, Rajagarh village, Ajmer, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 972-974 [view file]

Mackie P E, Elliott J C, Young R A (1972) Monoclinic structure of synthetic Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl, chlorapatite, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1840-1848

Mackie P E, Young R A (1974) Fluorine-chlorine interaction in fluor-chlorapatite, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 319-329

Argiolas R, Baumer A (1978) Synthèse de chlorapatite par voie hydrothermale: étude de l'influence de la sursaturation sur l'évolution des faciès des cristaux, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 285-290 [view file]

Effenberger H, Pertlik F (1978) Die kristallstruktur des finnemanits, Pb₅Cl(AsO₃)₃, mit einem vergleich zum strukturtyp des chlorapatits, Ca₅Cl(PO₄)₃, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 26, 95-107

Argiolas R, Baumer A, Lapraz D (1979) Caractérisation des cristaux de chlorapatite synthétisés par voie hydrothermale: discussion à propos d’anomalies optiques, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 573-577 [view file]

Baumer A, Caruba R, Bizouard H, Peckett A (1983) Chlorapatite de synthèse: substitution et inclusions de Mn, Ce, U et Th en traces, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 567-573 [view file]

Elliott J C (1985) Optical properties of synthetic and mineral chlorapatites, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 18, 384-387 [view file]

Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]

Meurer W P, Hellström F A, Claeson D T (2004) The relationship between chlorapatite and PGE-rich cumulates in layered intrusions: the Kläppsjö Gabbro, north-central Sweden, as a case study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 279-289 [view file]

Nokhrin S M, Pan Y, Weil J A, Nilges M J (2005) Multifrequency EPR study of radiation-induced defects in chlorapatite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1581-1588 [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]

Dordevic T, Sutovic S, Stojanovic J, Karanovic L (2008) Sr, Ba and Cd arsenates with the apatite-type structure, Acta Crystallographica, C64, i82-i86

Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file]

Hughes J M, Nekvasil H, Ustunisik G, Lindsley D H, Coraor A E, Vaughn J, Phillips B L, McCubbin F M, Woerner W R (2014) Solid solution in the fluorapatite-chlorapatite binary system: High-precision crystal structure refinements of synthetic F-Cl apatite, American Mineralogist, 99, 369-376 [view file]

Hughes J M (2015) The many facets of apatite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1033-1039

Hughes J M, Harlov D, Kelly S R, Rakovan J, Wilke M (2016) Solid solution in the apatite OH-Cl binary system: Compositional dependence of solid-solution mechanisms in calcium phosphate apatites along the Cl-OH binary, American Mineralogist, 101, 1783-1791

Kelly S R, Rakovan J, Hughes J M (2017) Column anion arrangements in chemically zoned ternary chlorapatite and fluorapatite from Kurokura, Japan, American Mineralogist, 102, 720-727