Enstatite R060744 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Enstatite R060744

Name: Enstatite
RRUFF ID: R060744
Ideal Chemistry: MgSiO₃
Locality: Orissa, India
Source: Herb Obodda 079 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown transparent fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060744.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_0.85Fe²⁺_0.13Fe³⁺_0.01Mn_0.01)_Σ=1(Si_0.99Al_0.01)_Σ=1O₃; trace amounts of Ca; Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ splitted by charge balance
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L01935

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -b [0 -1 0].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060744

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060744.1

Sample Description:

powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.266(1)Å b: 8.8505(6)Å c: 5.1964(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 840.04(9) 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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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Enstatite
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]
Kenngott A (1855) Mineralogische notizen, betreffend die bekannten species: Karstenit, dolomit, millerit, turmalin, galaktit, wasser, plagionit, diopsid, zinkit, calcit und felsobanyt, sowie zwei neue: den enstatit im geschlechte der augit-spathe und den pseudophit im geschlechte der serpentin-steatite, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16, 152-179 [view file]
Perry C H, Agrawal D K, Anastassakis E, Lowndes R P, Tornberg N E (1972) Far infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations of lunar materials from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15, Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, 3, 3077-3095
Dunn P J (1975) On gem orthopyroxenes: enstatite and bronzite, Gems & Gemology, 15, 118-122 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Ghose S, Schomaker V, Mcmullan R K (1986) Enstatite, Mg₂Si₂O₆ - a neutron-diffraction refincement of the crystal structure and a rigid-body analysis of the thermal variation, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 176, 159-175 [view file]
Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Angel RJ, Chopelas A, Ross NL (1992) Stability of high-density clinoenstatite at upper-mantle pressures, Nature, 358, 322-324
Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]
Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]
Ulmer P, Stalder R (2001) The Mg(Fe)SiO₃ orthoenstatite-clinoenstatite transitions at high pressures and temperatures determined by Raman-spectroscopy on quenched samples, American Mineralogist, 86, 1267-1274 [view file]
Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]
Weng Y H, Presnall D C (2001) The system diopside - forsterite - enstatite at 5.1 GPa: a ternary model for melting of the mantle, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 299-308 [view file]
Jiang D, Fujino K, Tomioka N, Hosoya T, Das K (2002) High temperature X-ray diffraction study of enstatite up to the melting point, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 20-31 [view file]
Tribaudino M, Nestola F (2002) Average and local structure in P2₁/c clinopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 549-555
Lin C C (2003) Pressure-induced metastable phase transition in orthoenstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 403-411
Nestola F, Tribaudino M (2003) The structure of Pbca orthopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 365-371
Lin C C (2004) Pressure-induced polymorphism in enstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: clinoenstatite and orthoenstatite, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 65, 913-921
Cámara F, Iezzi G, Tiepolo M, Oberti R (2006) The crystal chemistry of lithium and Fe³⁺ in synthetic orthopyroxene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 475-483
Nestola F, Gatta G D, Ballaran T B (2006) The effect of Ca substitution on the elastic and structural behavior of orthoenstatite, American Mineralogist, 91, 809-815 [view file]
Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]
Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32

REFERENCES for Enstatite

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]

Kenngott A (1855) Mineralogische notizen, betreffend die bekannten species: Karstenit, dolomit, millerit, turmalin, galaktit, wasser, plagionit, diopsid, zinkit, calcit und felsobanyt, sowie zwei neue: den enstatit im geschlechte der augit-spathe und den pseudophit im geschlechte der serpentin-steatite, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16, 152-179 [view file]

Perry C H, Agrawal D K, Anastassakis E, Lowndes R P, Tornberg N E (1972) Far infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations of lunar materials from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15, Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, 3, 3077-3095

Dunn P J (1975) On gem orthopyroxenes: enstatite and bronzite, Gems & Gemology, 15, 118-122 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Ghose S, Schomaker V, Mcmullan R K (1986) Enstatite, Mg₂Si₂O₆ - a neutron-diffraction refincement of the crystal structure and a rigid-body analysis of the thermal variation, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 176, 159-175 [view file]

Wicks F J (1986) Lizardite and its parent enstatite: a study by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 775-788 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Angel RJ, Chopelas A, Ross NL (1992) Stability of high-density clinoenstatite at upper-mantle pressures, Nature, 358, 322-324

Ford F D, Skippen G B (1997) Petrology of the Flinton Creek metaperidotites: enstatite - magnesite and anthophyllite - magnesite assemblages from the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1221-1236 [view file]

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]

Ulmer P, Stalder R (2001) The Mg(Fe)SiO₃ orthoenstatite-clinoenstatite transitions at high pressures and temperatures determined by Raman-spectroscopy on quenched samples, American Mineralogist, 86, 1267-1274 [view file]

Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]

Weng Y H, Presnall D C (2001) The system diopside - forsterite - enstatite at 5.1 GPa: a ternary model for melting of the mantle, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 299-308 [view file]

Jiang D, Fujino K, Tomioka N, Hosoya T, Das K (2002) High temperature X-ray diffraction study of enstatite up to the melting point, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 20-31 [view file]

Tribaudino M, Nestola F (2002) Average and local structure in P2₁/c clinopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 549-555

Lin C C (2003) Pressure-induced metastable phase transition in orthoenstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 403-411

Nestola F, Tribaudino M (2003) The structure of Pbca orthopyroxenes along the join diopside-enstatite (CaMgSi₂O₆-Mg₂Si₂O₆), European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 365-371

Lin C C (2004) Pressure-induced polymorphism in enstatite (MgSiO₃) at room temperature: clinoenstatite and orthoenstatite, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 65, 913-921

Cámara F, Iezzi G, Tiepolo M, Oberti R (2006) The crystal chemistry of lithium and Fe³⁺ in synthetic orthopyroxene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 475-483

Nestola F, Gatta G D, Ballaran T B (2006) The effect of Ca substitution on the elastic and structural behavior of orthoenstatite, American Mineralogist, 91, 809-815 [view file]

Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]

Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32