Tungusite R070757
Name: Tungusite
RRUFF ID: R070757
Ideal Chemistry: Ca14Fe2+9Si24O60(OH)22
Locality: Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S104118 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green micaceous flakes
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Gyrolite (5) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070757
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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: R070757.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.668(2)Å    b: 9.771(2)Å    c: 22.745(5)Å
alpha: 90.09(3)°    beta: 95.55(3)°    gamma: 120.56(3)°   Volume: 1838.2(9)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Tungusite

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]

Kudryashova V I (1966) Tungusite, a new mineral of the hydrous calcium silicate group, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 171, 1167-1170   [view file]

Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 925-929   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330   [view file]

Ferraris G, Pavese A, Soboleva S V (1995) Tungusite: new data, relationship with gyrolite and structural model, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 535-543   [view file]