R060083 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Babingtonite R060083

Name: Babingtonite
RRUFF ID: R060083
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)
Locality: Hampden Quarry, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 17001 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black stubby prismatic crystal associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Rhodonite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Babingtonite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060083.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_2.00(Fe²⁺_0.73Mg_0.21Mn_0.06)(Fe³⁺_0.93Al_0.07)Si_5.00O₁₄(OH)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060083

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R060083.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060083.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.467(2)Å b: 11.630(3)Å c: 6.682(2)Å
alpha: 91.63(3)° beta: 93.92(2)° gamma: 104.17(8)° Volume: 560.7(5)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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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REFERENCES for Babingtonite
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]
Levy M (1824) Account of a new mineral substance, The Annals of Philosophy, 7, 275-277 [view file]
Palache C, Gonyer F A (1932) On babingtonite, American Mineralogist, 17, 295-303 [view file]
Richmond Jr. W E (1937) On babingtonite, American Mineralogist, 22, 630-642
Araki T, Zoltai T (1972) Crystal structure of babingtonite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 355-373 [view file]
Kosoi A L (1975) Structure of babingtonite, Kristallografiya, 20, 730-739 [view file]
Liebau F (1980) The role of cationic hydrogen in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 65, 981-985 [view file]
Czank M (1981) Chain periodicity faults in babingtonite, Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺H[Si₅O₁₅], Acta Crystallographica, A37, 617-620
Gole M J (1981) Ca—Fe—Si skarns containing babingtonite: first known occurrence in Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 269-277 [view file]
Tagai T, Joswig W, Fuess H (1990) Neutron diffraction study of babingtonite at 80 K, Mineralogical Journal, 15, 8-18 [view file]
Armbruster T (2000) Cation distribution in Mg, Mn-bearing babingtonite from Arvigo, Val Calanca, Grisons, Switzerland, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 80, 279-284
Akasaka M, Kimura T, Nagashima M (2013) X-ray Rietveld and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer study of babingtonite from Kouragahana, Shimane Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 108, 121-130
Nagashima M, Mitani K, Akasaka M (2014) Structural variation of babingtonite depending on cation distribution at the octahedral sites, Mineralogy and Petrology, 108, 287-301
Nagashima M, Nishio-Hamane D (2018) Transmission electron microscopy study of the epitaxial association of hedenbergite whiskers with babingtonite, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 23-33
Nagashima M, Nishio-Hamane D, Matsumoto T, Fukuda C (2022) The role of scandium substitution in babingtonite group minerals, Minerals, 12, 333 [view file]

REFERENCES for Babingtonite

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]

Levy M (1824) Account of a new mineral substance, The Annals of Philosophy, 7, 275-277 [view file]

Palache C, Gonyer F A (1932) On babingtonite, American Mineralogist, 17, 295-303 [view file]

Richmond Jr. W E (1937) On babingtonite, American Mineralogist, 22, 630-642

Araki T, Zoltai T (1972) Crystal structure of babingtonite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 355-373 [view file]

Kosoi A L (1975) Structure of babingtonite, Kristallografiya, 20, 730-739 [view file]

Liebau F (1980) The role of cationic hydrogen in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 65, 981-985 [view file]

Czank M (1981) Chain periodicity faults in babingtonite, Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺H[Si₅O₁₅], Acta Crystallographica, A37, 617-620

Gole M J (1981) Ca—Fe—Si skarns containing babingtonite: first known occurrence in Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 269-277 [view file]

Tagai T, Joswig W, Fuess H (1990) Neutron diffraction study of babingtonite at 80 K, Mineralogical Journal, 15, 8-18 [view file]

Armbruster T (2000) Cation distribution in Mg, Mn-bearing babingtonite from Arvigo, Val Calanca, Grisons, Switzerland, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 80, 279-284

Akasaka M, Kimura T, Nagashima M (2013) X-ray Rietveld and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer study of babingtonite from Kouragahana, Shimane Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 108, 121-130

Nagashima M, Mitani K, Akasaka M (2014) Structural variation of babingtonite depending on cation distribution at the octahedral sites, Mineralogy and Petrology, 108, 287-301

Nagashima M, Nishio-Hamane D (2018) Transmission electron microscopy study of the epitaxial association of hedenbergite whiskers with babingtonite, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 23-33

Nagashima M, Nishio-Hamane D, Matsumoto T, Fukuda C (2022) The role of scandium substitution in babingtonite group minerals, Minerals, 12, 333 [view file]