Langbeinite R070285
Name: Langbeinite
RRUFF ID: R070285
Ideal Chemistry: K2Mg2(SO4)3
Locality: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
Source: Michael Scott S105519 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to gray granular massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Langbeinite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070285.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R070285
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: none nm @ 25% of mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070285.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070285.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.9209(1)Å    b: 9.9209(1)Å    c: 9.9209(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 976.45(4)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Langbeinite

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]

Zuckschwerdt S (1891) Langbeinit, ein neues Kaliummagnesiumsulfat, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie, 1891, 356-356   [view file]

Mereiter K (1979) Refinement of the crystal structure of langbeinite, K2Mg2(SO4)3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 182-188

Battle P D, Cheetham A K, Harrison W T A, Long G J (1986) The crystal structure and magnetic properties of the synthetic langbeinite KBaFe2(PO4)3, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 16-25

Battle P D, Gibb T C, Nixon S (1988) The magnetic properties of the synthetic langbeinite KBaCrs(PO4)3, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 75, 21-29

Oelkrug H, Bruckel T, Hohlwein D, Hoser A, Prandl W (1988) The magnetic structure of the langbeinite K2Mn2(SO4)3, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 246-249

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]

Zatovsky I V, Yatskin M M, Baumer V N, Slobodyanik N S, Shishkin O V (2007) Langbeinite-related K2FeSn(PO4)3 from single-crystal data, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i199-i199

Xu H, Guo X, Bai J (2017) Thermal behavior of polyhalite: a high-temperature synchrotron XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 44, 125-135

Gajda R, Zhang D, Parafiniuk J, Dera P, Woźniak K (2022) Tracing electron density changes in langbeinite under pressure, IUCrJ, 9, 146-162