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Moraesite R060876

Name: Moraesite
RRUFF ID: R060876
Ideal Chemistry: Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O
Locality: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to tan fibrous crystals associated with beryllonite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060876.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Be_2.00P_1.00O₄((OH)_0.85F_0.15)_Σ=1·4H₂O; trace amounts of Al and Fe; Be and H not measured but assumed by stoichiometry
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:

R060876

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060876.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.544(3)Å b: 12.288(3)Å c: 7.136(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 97.79(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 742.3(4)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.

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Moraesite
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, Pecora W T, Barbosa A L M (1953) Moraesite, a new hydrous beryllium phosphate from Minas Gerais, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 38, 1126-1133 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
Cassedanne J P, Cassedanne J O (1987) La moraesite de la mine de tourmaline de Humaita, Minas Gerais, Brésil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 419-424 [view file]
Merlino S, Pasero M (1992) Crystal chemistry of beryllophosphates: The crystal structure of moraesite, Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 201, 253-262 [view file]

REFERENCES for Moraesite

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, Pecora W T, Barbosa A L M (1953) Moraesite, a new hydrous beryllium phosphate from Minas Gerais, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 38, 1126-1133 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

Cassedanne J P, Cassedanne J O (1987) La moraesite de la mine de tourmaline de Humaita, Minas Gerais, Brésil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 419-424 [view file]

Merlino S, Pasero M (1992) Crystal chemistry of beryllophosphates: The crystal structure of moraesite, Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 201, 253-262 [view file]