Spessartine R060279 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Spessartine R060279

Name: Spessartine
RRUFF ID: R060279
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Locality: Shigar Valley, northeast of Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan
Source: Herb Obodda 055 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish-brown fine grained fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060279.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn²⁺_1.64Ca_0.82Fe²⁺_0.46Mg_0.08)_Σ=3(Al_1.98Fe³⁺_0.02)_Σ=2(Si_1.00O₄)₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

SPEX HR460 514nm @ 100% of 100 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Mode Analysis
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Mode Analysis

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060279.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.6798(3)Å b: 11.6798(3)Å c: 11.6798(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1593.3(1) Crystal System: cubic

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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Spessartine
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Spessartine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 52-55 [view file]
Manning P G (1967) The optical absorption spectra of the garnets almandine-pyrope, pyrope and spessartine and some structural interpretations of mineralogical significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 237-251 [view file]
Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1063-1066 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]
Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]
Shimazaki H (1977) Grossular-spessartine-almandine garnets from some Japanese scheelite skarns, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 74-80 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Kontak D J, Corey M (1988) Metasomatic origin of spessartine-rich garnet in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 315-334 [view file]
Smyth J R, Madel R E, McCormick T C, Munoz J L, Rossman G R (1990) Crystal-structure refinement of a F-bearing spessartine garnet, American Mineralogist, 75, 314-318 [view file]
Hofmeister A M, Chopelas A (1991) Vibrational spectroscopy of end-member silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 503-526 [link]
Lu R, Jackson K D, Hofmeister A M (1993) Infrared spectra from solid solutions of spessartine and yttrium aluminum garnet, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 381-390 [view file]
Pinet M, Smith D C (1994) Raman microspectrometry of garnets X₃Y₂Z₃O₁₂ 2. The natural aluminium series pyrope-almandine-spessartine, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 74, 161-179 [link]
Geiger C A, Armbruster T (1997) Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ spessartine and Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet: Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties, American Mineralogist, 82, 740-747 [view file]
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]
Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25
Arredondo E H, Rossman G R (2002) Feasibility of determining the quantitative OH content of garnets with Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 87, 307-311 [view file]
Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T, Demartin F (2002) Atomic displacement parameters for spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and their lattice-dynamical interpretation, Acta Crystallographica, B58, 965-969

REFERENCES for Spessartine

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Spessartine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 52-55 [view file]

Manning P G (1967) The optical absorption spectra of the garnets almandine-pyrope, pyrope and spessartine and some structural interpretations of mineralogical significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 237-251 [view file]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1063-1066 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]

Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]

Shimazaki H (1977) Grossular-spessartine-almandine garnets from some Japanese scheelite skarns, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 74-80 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Kontak D J, Corey M (1988) Metasomatic origin of spessartine-rich garnet in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 315-334 [view file]

Smyth J R, Madel R E, McCormick T C, Munoz J L, Rossman G R (1990) Crystal-structure refinement of a F-bearing spessartine garnet, American Mineralogist, 75, 314-318 [view file]

Hofmeister A M, Chopelas A (1991) Vibrational spectroscopy of end-member silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 503-526 [link]

Lu R, Jackson K D, Hofmeister A M (1993) Infrared spectra from solid solutions of spessartine and yttrium aluminum garnet, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 381-390 [view file]

Pinet M, Smith D C (1994) Raman microspectrometry of garnets X₃Y₂Z₃O₁₂ 2. The natural aluminium series pyrope-almandine-spessartine, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 74, 161-179 [link]

Geiger C A, Armbruster T (1997) Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ spessartine and Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet: Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties, American Mineralogist, 82, 740-747 [view file]

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]

Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25

Arredondo E H, Rossman G R (2002) Feasibility of determining the quantitative OH content of garnets with Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 87, 307-311 [view file]

Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T, Demartin F (2002) Atomic displacement parameters for spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and their lattice-dynamical interpretation, Acta Crystallographica, B58, 965-969