Chamosite R060188

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Name: Chamosite
RRUFF ID: R060188
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8
Locality: Slesse Creek, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown hexagonal tablets with curved prism faces
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Groups: [ chlorite (7) ] [ Clay (86) ]
Quick search: [ All Chamosite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060188.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe2+2.53Mg2.15Al0.30Mn0.02)Σ=5Al1.00(Si2.70Al1.30)O10(OH)8
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060188
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060188.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.675(4)Å    b: 8.987(1)Å    c: 28.750(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 100.32(3)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 1442.6(9)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Chamosite

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]

Berthier M P (1820) Sur la nature du minerai de fer magnétique de Chamoison (Valais), Annales des Mines, 5, 393-396   [view file]

Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541   [view file]

von Engelhardt W (1942) Die strukturen von thuringit, bavalit und chamosit und ihre stellung in der chloritgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 104, 142-159   [view file]

Brindley G W (1951) The crystal structure of some chamosite minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 502-523   [view file]

Brindley G W, Youell R F (1953) Ferrous chamosite and ferric chamosite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 57-70   [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852   [view file]

Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138   [view file]

Chauvel J J (1990) Chamosite and berthierine: is it possible to make clear the terminology?, Sediments, 13, 87-88

Walker J R, Bish D L (1992) Application of Rietveld refinement techniques to a disordered IIb Mg-chamosite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 40, 319-322   [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147   [view file]

Roth P (2007) Chamosite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 52-53

Tang D, Shi X, Jiang G, Zhou X, Shi Q (2017) Ferruginous seawater facilitates the transformation of glauconite to chamosite: An example from the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling formation of North China, American Mineralogist, 102, 2317-2332

Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279

Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362   [view file]