Peretaite R060459
Name: Peretaite
RRUFF ID: R060459
Ideal Chemistry: CaSb3+4O4(SO4)2(OH)2·2H2O
Locality: Pereta mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S100298 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless thin plates, with red incrustations of valentinite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060459.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060459.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 24.620(4)Å    b: 5.593(1)Å    c: 10.18(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 95.89(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1394.3(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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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REFERENCES for Peretaite

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]

Cipriani N, Menchetti S, Orlandi P, Sabelli C (1980) Peretaite, CaSb4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2H2O, a new mineral from Pereta, Tuscany, Italy, American Mineralogist, 65, 936-939   [view file]

Menchietti S, Sabelli C (1980) Peretaite, CaSb4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2H2O: its atomic arrangement and twinning, American Mineralogist, 65, 940-946   [view file]