Ferro-pargasite R090015



Name: Ferro-pargasite
RRUFF ID: R090015
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Locality: Basha Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Source: Herb Obodda
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black bladed single crystal with striations
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R090015
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R090015.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R090015.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.9145(6)Å    b: 18.084(1)Å    c: 5.3273(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.152(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 921.95(9)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ferro-pargasite

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]

Wilkinson J F G (1961) Some aspects of the calciferous amphiboles, oxyhornblende, kaersutite and barkevikite, American Mineralogist, 46, 340-354   [view file]

Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E, Hawthorne F C (1993) The mechanism of Cl incorporation in amphibole, American Mineralogist, 78, 746-752

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246   [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 181-184   [view file]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048   [view file]