Strontiohurlbutite R141104


Name: Strontiohurlbutite
RRUFF ID: R141104
Ideal Chemistry: SrBe2(PO4)2
Locality: Nanping No. 31 pegmatite, Fujian province, southeastern China
Source: Can Rao
Owner: Can Rao
Description: Light blue platy subhedral-to-anhedral crystals. Associated with quartz, muscovite, beryl, hurlbutite, hydroxylherderite, apatite-group minerals, and phenakite. Data from Rao et al (2014)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Danburite (6) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R141104.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Sr0.81Ca0.05Ba0.01)Σ=0.87Be2.02P2.05O8; Be content determined using SIMS with a CamecaIMS-4F ion microprobe
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R141104.2
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Sample Description: Unoriented crystal
Instrument settings: Renishaw M2000 514.5nm @ 100% of 5mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R141104.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.997(3)Å    b: 8.979(2)Å    c: 8.420(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.18(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 604.7(1)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 Strontiohurlbutite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288   [view file]

Dal Bo F, Hatert F, Baijot M (2014) Crystal chemistry of synthetic M2+Be2P2O8 (M2+ = Ca, Sr, Pb, Ba) beryllophosphates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 337-350

Rao C, Wang R, Hatert F, Gu X, Ottolini L, Hu H, Dong C, Bo F D, Baijot M (2014) Strontiohurlbutite, SrBe2(PO4)2, a new mineral from Nanping No. 31 pegmatite, Fujian Province, Southeastern China, American Mineralogist, 99, 494-499   [view file]