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

Clinoferrosilite R141085

Name: Clinoferrosilite
RRUFF ID: R141085
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆
Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown prismatic crystals, associated with pyroxferroite, R141080
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R141085

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R141085.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.727(6)Å b: 8.974(4)Å c: 5.261(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 108.52(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 435.4(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Clinoferrosilite
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]
Bowen N L (1935) “Ferrosilite” as a natural mineral, American Journal of Science, 30, 481-494 [view file]
Foshag W F (1936) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 21, 677-678 [view file]
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]
Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file]
Sueno S, Prewitt C T (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and high clinoferrosilite, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 61, 223-241
Sueno S, Kimata M, Prewitt C T (1984) The crystal structure of high clinoferrosilite, American Mineralogist, 69, 264-269 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Hugh-Jones D A, Woodland A B, Angel R J (1994) The structure of high-pressure C2/c ferrosilite and crystal chemistry of high-pressure C2/c pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 79, 1032-1041 [view file]
Angel R J, McCammon C, Woodland A B (1998) Structure, ordering and cation interactions in Ca-free P21/c clinopyroxenes, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 249-258
Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154
Pakhomova A, Ismailova L, Bykova E, Bykov M, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L (2017) A new high-pressure phase transition in clinoferrosilite: In situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 102, 666-673 [view file]

REFERENCES for Clinoferrosilite

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]

Bowen N L (1935) “Ferrosilite” as a natural mineral, American Journal of Science, 30, 481-494 [view file]

Foshag W F (1936) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 21, 677-678 [view file]

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]

Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file]

Sueno S, Prewitt C T (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and high clinoferrosilite, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 61, 223-241

Sueno S, Kimata M, Prewitt C T (1984) The crystal structure of high clinoferrosilite, American Mineralogist, 69, 264-269 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Hugh-Jones D A, Woodland A B, Angel R J (1994) The structure of high-pressure C2/c ferrosilite and crystal chemistry of high-pressure C2/c pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 79, 1032-1041 [view file]

Angel R J, McCammon C, Woodland A B (1998) Structure, ordering and cation interactions in Ca-free P21/c clinopyroxenes, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 249-258

Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154

Pakhomova A, Ismailova L, Bykova E, Bykov M, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L (2017) A new high-pressure phase transition in clinoferrosilite: In situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 102, 666-673 [view file]