Cafetite R060872
Name: Cafetite
RRUFF ID: R060872
Ideal Chemistry: CaTi2O5·H2O
Locality: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101254 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale brown colored pseudohexagonal plates, associated with pectolite and albite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060872.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R060872.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.937(3)Å    b: 12.086(8)Å    c: 15.94(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 98.67(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 940(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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REFERENCES for Cafetite

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]

Kukharenko A A, Kondrat´Eva V V, Kovyazina V M (1959) Cafetite, a new hydrous titanate of calcium and iron, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 88, 444-453   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Burns P C, Pakhomovsky Y A, Menshikov Y P (2003) Cafetite, Ca[Ti2O5](H2O): Crystal structure and revision of chemical formula, American Mineralogist, 88, 424-429   [view file]