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Magnesio-hastingsite R070288

Name: Magnesio-hastingsite
RRUFF ID: R070288
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Dallas Gem Mine (Gem Mine; Benitoite Mine), New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104903 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown to black prismatic crystals frozen in albite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

Quick search: [ All Magnesio-hastingsite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070288.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.51◻_0.33K_0.16)_Σ=1(Ca_1.75Na_0.25)_Σ=2(Mg_3.02Fe²⁺_0.61Ti_0.37)_Σ=4(Fe³⁺_0.73Al_0.27)_Σ=1Si_5.84Al_2.16O₂₂(OH)₂; (OH) estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, polished and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

M01097

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070288

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:

R070288.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.884(2)Å b: 18.043(4)Å c: 5.304(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 105.29(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 912.5(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 Magnesio-hastingsite
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]
Billings M (1928) The chemistry, optics, and genesis of the hastingsite group of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 13, 287-296 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Walitzi E M, Walter F (1981) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur eines basaltischen magnesio-hastingsites, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 197-208 [view file]
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]
Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]
Mueller B L, Jenkins D M, Dyar M D (2016) Chlorine incorporation in amphiboles synthesized along the magnesio-hastingsite - hastingsite compositional join, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 167-180

REFERENCES for Magnesio-hastingsite

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]

Billings M (1928) The chemistry, optics, and genesis of the hastingsite group of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 13, 287-296 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Walitzi E M, Walter F (1981) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur eines basaltischen magnesio-hastingsites, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 197-208 [view file]

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]

Mueller B L, Jenkins D M, Dyar M D (2016) Chlorine incorporation in amphiboles synthesized along the magnesio-hastingsite - hastingsite compositional join, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 167-180