Turneaureite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Turneaureite R070758

Name: Turneaureite
RRUFF ID: R070758
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
Locality: ZCA mine No. 4 (St Joe mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104122 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to grayish white massive that fluoresces bright orange under SW UV.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070758

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 13% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070758.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.990(2)Å b: 9.990(2)Å c: 6.782(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 586.2(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Turneaureite
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]
Dunn P J, Petersen E U, Peacor D R (1985) Turneaureite, a new member of the apatite group from Franklin, New Jersey, Balmat, New York and Långban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 251-254 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1277-1282 [view file]
Wardojo T A, Hwu S-J (1996) Chlorapatite: Ca₅(AsO₄)₃Cl, Acta Crystallographica, C52, 2959-2960
Biagioni C, Bosi F, Hålenius U, Pasero M (2017) The crystal structure of turneaureite, Ca^₅(AsO^₄)^₃Cl, the arsenate analog of chlorapatite, and its relationships with the arsenate apatites johnbaumite and svabite, American Mineralogist, 102, 1981-1986 [view file]

REFERENCES for Turneaureite

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]

Dunn P J, Petersen E U, Peacor D R (1985) Turneaureite, a new member of the apatite group from Franklin, New Jersey, Balmat, New York and Långban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 251-254 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1277-1282 [view file]

Wardojo T A, Hwu S-J (1996) Chlorapatite: Ca₅(AsO₄)₃Cl, Acta Crystallographica, C52, 2959-2960

Biagioni C, Bosi F, Hålenius U, Pasero M (2017) The crystal structure of turneaureite, Ca^₅(AsO^₄)^₃Cl, the arsenate analog of chlorapatite, and its relationships with the arsenate apatites johnbaumite and svabite, American Mineralogist, 102, 1981-1986 [view file]