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Arrojadite-(KNa) R050107

Name: Arrojadite-(KNa)
RRUFF ID: R050107
Ideal Chemistry: KNa₃(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂
Locality: Big-Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish green tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction

Mineral Group: [ arrojadite (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050107.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050107

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:

R050107.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050107.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 24.672(2)Å b: 10.0692(8)Å c: 16.573(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 106.534(5)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 3947.2(3)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.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Arrojadite-(KNa)
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]
Lindberg M L (1950) Arrojadite, hühnerkobelite, and graftonite, American Mineralogist, 35, 59-76 [view file]
Merlino S, Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1981) Structure of arrojadite, KNa₄CaMn₄Fe₁₀Al(PO₄)₁₂(OH,F)₂, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 1733-1736
Moore P B, Araki T, Merlino S, Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1981) The arrojadite-dickinson series, KNa₄Ca(Fe,Mn)²⁺₁₄Al(OH)₂(PO₄)₁₂: crystal structure and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 66, 1034-1049 [view file]
Yakubovich O V, Matviyenko Y N, Simonov M A, Mel'nikov O K (1986) The crystalline structure of synthetic Fe³⁺-arrojadites with the idealized formula K₂Na₅Fe²⁺₁₄Fe³⁺(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 1986, 36-47 [view file]
Steele I M (2002) Arrojadite: variations in space group and composition based on four new refinements, 18th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Edinburgh, UK, 2002, MO2-117 [view file]
Cámara F, Oberti R, Chopin C, Medenbach O (2006) The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure, American Mineralogist, 91, 1249-1259 [view file]
Chopin C, Oberti R, Camara F (2006) The arrojadite enigma: II. Compositional space, new members, and nomenclature of the group, American Mineralogist, 91, 1260-1270 [view file]
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]
Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645

REFERENCES for Arrojadite-(KNa)

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]

Lindberg M L (1950) Arrojadite, hühnerkobelite, and graftonite, American Mineralogist, 35, 59-76 [view file]

Merlino S, Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1981) Structure of arrojadite, KNa₄CaMn₄Fe₁₀Al(PO₄)₁₂(OH,F)₂, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 1733-1736

Moore P B, Araki T, Merlino S, Mellini M, Zanazzi P F (1981) The arrojadite-dickinson series, KNa₄Ca(Fe,Mn)²⁺₁₄Al(OH)₂(PO₄)₁₂: crystal structure and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 66, 1034-1049 [view file]

Yakubovich O V, Matviyenko Y N, Simonov M A, Mel'nikov O K (1986) The crystalline structure of synthetic Fe³⁺-arrojadites with the idealized formula K₂Na₅Fe²⁺₁₄Fe³⁺(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 1986, 36-47 [view file]

Steele I M (2002) Arrojadite: variations in space group and composition based on four new refinements, 18th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Edinburgh, UK, 2002, MO2-117 [view file]

Cámara F, Oberti R, Chopin C, Medenbach O (2006) The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure, American Mineralogist, 91, 1249-1259 [view file]

Chopin C, Oberti R, Camara F (2006) The arrojadite enigma: II. Compositional space, new members, and nomenclature of the group, American Mineralogist, 91, 1260-1270 [view file]

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645