Waimirite-(y) - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Waimirite-(Y) R130714

Name: Waimirite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R130714
Ideal Chemistry: YF₃
Locality: Pitinga mine, Amazon, Brazil
Source: Marcelo B Andrade [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale pink massive, portion of the original find
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R130714.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Y_0.69Dy_0.08Er_0.06Yb_0.05Ca_0.03Gd_0.02Ho_0.02Nd_0.01Sm_0.01Tb_0.01Tm_0.01Lu_0.01)_Ʃ1.00(F_2.54◻_0.25O_0.21)_Ʃ3.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130714

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130714

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.3817(3)Å b: 6.8721(4)Å c: 4.4085(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 193.33(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Waimirite-(Y)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Cheetham A K, Norman N (1974) The structures of yttrium and bismuth trifluorides by neutron diffraction, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 55-60
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 19. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 165-170 [view file]
Atencio D, Neto A C B, Pereira V P, Ferron J T M M, Hoshino M, Moriyama T, Watanabe Y, Miyawaki R, Coutinho J M V, Andrade M B, Domanik K, Chukanov N V, Momma K, Hirano H, Tsunematsu M (2015) Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF₃, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780 [view file]
Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]

REFERENCES for Waimirite-(Y)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Cheetham A K, Norman N (1974) The structures of yttrium and bismuth trifluorides by neutron diffraction, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 55-60

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 19. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 165-170 [view file]

Atencio D, Neto A C B, Pereira V P, Ferron J T M M, Hoshino M, Moriyama T, Watanabe Y, Miyawaki R, Coutinho J M V, Andrade M B, Domanik K, Chukanov N V, Momma K, Hirano H, Tsunematsu M (2015) Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF₃, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780 [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]