Spencerite R050581
Name: Spencerite
RRUFF ID: R050581
Ideal Chemistry: Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O
Locality: Salmo, British Columbia, Canada
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6097 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White aggregate of parallel bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050581.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R050581
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050581.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.4371(3)Å    b: 5.2742(3)Å    c: 11.1830(6)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 116.805(3)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 549.45(3)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Spencerite

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]

Walker T L (1916) Spencerite, a new zinc phosphate from British Columbia, Mineralogical Magazine, 18, 76-81   [view file]

Gordon S G (1917) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 2, 41-42   [view file]

Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F (1972) Structure and twinning in spencerite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 687-692   [view file]

Frost R L (2004) An infrared and Raman spectroscopic study of natural zinc phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 1439-1445