Skorpionite R060938

Name: Skorpionite
RRUFF ID: R060938
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Zn₂(PO₄)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·H₂O
Locality: Skorpion Zinc deposit, west of Rosh Pinah, southern Namibia
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green to colorless acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060938

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060938.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 19.04(1)Å b: 9.319(5)Å c: 6.525(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 92.73(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1156(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Skorpionite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Krause W, Effenberger H, Bernhardt H-J, Medenbach O (2008) Skorpionite, Ca₃Zn₂(PO₄)₂CO₃(OH)₂·H₂O, a new mineral from Namibia: description and crystal structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 271-280 [view file]
Poirier G, Ercit T S, Tait K T, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 399-408 [view file]
Tobase T, Yoshiasa A, Jinnouchi S, Kitahara G, Hongu H, Tokuda M, Okube M, Sugiyama K (2019) Crystal structure, large distortion of the Zn tetrahedron, and statistical displacement of water molecules in skorpionite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 114, 178-188