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Anhydrite R040061

Name: Anhydrite
RRUFF ID: R040061
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(SO₄)
Locality: Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6088 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale purple fractured single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040061.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_0.98S_1.01O₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00369

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:

R040061

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:

R040061.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040061.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.9984(4)Å b: 6.9927(5)Å c: 6.2383(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 305.29(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Anhydrite
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]
Poda A N (1794) Bom Lilalith, in Mineralogische Aufsätze Mathias Andreas Schmidt Wein 226-236 [view file]
Haüy R J (1801) Chaux sulfatée anhydre, c'est-à-dire, privée d'eau, 4, in Traité de Minéralogie 348-353 [view file]
Klaproth M H (1803) Chemische Untersuchung des Muriacit, Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 1, 355-362 [view file]
Flurl M (1804) Einige Bemerkungen über den wasserfreyen Gyps (Anhydrit) und den Muriacit oder Würfelspath, Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlich - Baierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2, 128-140 [view file]
Ludwig C F (1804) A. G. Werners Mineral - System, Erste Klasse Erdige Fossilien, VI. Kalk - Geschlecht, in Handbuch der Mineralogie nach A. G. Werner Volume 2 Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius Leipzig 209-212 [view file]
Klaproth M H (1807) Chemische Untersuchung des Anhydrits, in Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntnis der Mineralkörper Bei Decker Und Compagnie Und Bei Heinrich August Rottman Posen, Berlin 224-235 [view file]
Gallitelli P (1933) Ricerche sul solfato di calcio semidrato e sull'anidrite solubile, Periodico di Mineralogia, 4, 132-176 [view file]
Flörke O W (1952) Kristallographische und röntgenometrische untersuchungen im system CaSO₄ - CaSO₄·2H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 4, 180-240 [view file]
Höhne E (1962) A more accurate determination of the crystal structure of anhydrite, CaSO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 7, 559-569 [view file]
Cheng G, Zussman J (1963) The crystal structure of anhydrite (CaSO₄), Acta Crystallographica, 16, 767-769
Kuzel V H J, Hauner M (1967) Chemische und kristallographische eigenschaften von calciumsulfat-halbhydrat und anhydrit III, Zement-Kalk-Gips, 40, 628-832 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1975) Anhydrous sulphates. II. Refinement of the crystal structure of anhydrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 289-292 [view file]
Morikawa H, Tomita T, Minato I, Iwai S (1975) Anhydrite: a refinement, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 2164-2165
Louisnathan S J, Bloss F D, Korda E J (1978) Measurement of refractive indices and their dispersion, American Mineralogist, 63, 394-400 [view file]
Kirfel A, Will G (1980) Charge density in anhydrite, CaSO₄, from x-ray and neutron diffraction measurements, Acta Crystallographica, B36, 2881-2890 [view file]
Abriel V W (1983) Calcium sulfat subhydrat, CaSO₄·0,8H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 956-958 [view file]
Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Jorgensen J D, Hinks D G (1984) A crystallographic study of the low-temperature dehydration products of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O: hemihydrate CaSO₄·0.50H₂O, and γ-CaSO₄, American Mineralogist, 69, 910-918 [view file]
Ramboz C, Oudin E, Thisse Y (1988) Geyser-type discharge in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea: evidence of boiling from fluid inclusions in epigenetic anhydrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 765-786 [view file]
Hartman P (1989) On the unit cell dimensions and bond lengths of anhydrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 721-722
Bezou C, Nonat A, Mutin J C, Christensen A N, Lehmann M S (1995) Investigation of the crystal structure of γ-CaSO₄, CaSO₄·0.5H₂O, and CaSO₄·0.6H₂O by powder diffraction methods, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 117, 165-176
Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]
Christensen A N, Olesen M, Cerenius Y, Jensen T R (2008) Formation and transformation of five different phases in the CaSO₄-H₂O system: Crystal structure of the subhydrate β-CaSO₄·0.5H₂O and soluble anhydrite CaSO₄, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2124-2132
Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]
Seufert S, Hesse C, Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2009) Discrimination of bassanite and anhydrite III dehydrated from gypsum at different temperatures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 30, 447-452 [view file]
Robertson K, Bish D (2013) Constraints on the distribution of CaSO₄·nH₂O phases on Mars and implications for their contribution to the hydrological cycle, Icarus, 223, 407-417
Bishop J L, Lane M D, Dyar M D, King S J, Brown A J, Swayze G A (2014) Spectral properties of Ca-sulfates: gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite, American Mineralogist, 99, 2105-2115
Lopez-Reyes G, Sobron P, Lefebvre C, Rull F (2014) Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for the identification of sulfates: Implications for ExoMars, American Mineralogist, 99, 1570-1579
Huang R, Keppler H (2015) Anhydrite stability and the effect of Ca on the behavior of sulfur in felsic magmas, American Mineralogist, 100, 257-266
Nowak M (2015) Anhydrite: an important sulfur binder limiting the climatic impact of subaerial volcanic eruptions, American Mineralogist, 100, 341-342
Xu H, Guo X, Bai J (2017) Thermal behavior of polyhalite: a high-temperature synchrotron XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 44, 125-135
Vaniman D T, Martinez G M, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Blake D F, Yen A S, Ming D W, Rapin W, Meslin P Y, Morookian J M, Downs R T, Chipera S J, Morris R V, Morrison S M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Robertson K, Grotzinger J P, Hazen R M, Wiens R C, Sumner D Y (2018) Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 1011-1020 [view file]
Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file]

REFERENCES for Anhydrite

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]

Poda A N (1794) Bom Lilalith, in Mineralogische Aufsätze Mathias Andreas Schmidt Wein 226-236 [view file]

Haüy R J (1801) Chaux sulfatée anhydre, c'est-à-dire, privée d'eau, 4, in Traité de Minéralogie 348-353 [view file]

Klaproth M H (1803) Chemische Untersuchung des Muriacit, Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 1, 355-362 [view file]

Flurl M (1804) Einige Bemerkungen über den wasserfreyen Gyps (Anhydrit) und den Muriacit oder Würfelspath, Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlich - Baierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2, 128-140 [view file]

Ludwig C F (1804) A. G. Werners Mineral - System, Erste Klasse Erdige Fossilien, VI. Kalk - Geschlecht, in Handbuch der Mineralogie nach A. G. Werner Volume 2 Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius Leipzig 209-212 [view file]

Klaproth M H (1807) Chemische Untersuchung des Anhydrits, in Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntnis der Mineralkörper Bei Decker Und Compagnie Und Bei Heinrich August Rottman Posen, Berlin 224-235 [view file]

Gallitelli P (1933) Ricerche sul solfato di calcio semidrato e sull'anidrite solubile, Periodico di Mineralogia, 4, 132-176 [view file]

Flörke O W (1952) Kristallographische und röntgenometrische untersuchungen im system CaSO₄ - CaSO₄·2H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 4, 180-240 [view file]

Höhne E (1962) A more accurate determination of the crystal structure of anhydrite, CaSO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 7, 559-569 [view file]

Cheng G, Zussman J (1963) The crystal structure of anhydrite (CaSO₄), Acta Crystallographica, 16, 767-769

Kuzel V H J, Hauner M (1967) Chemische und kristallographische eigenschaften von calciumsulfat-halbhydrat und anhydrit III, Zement-Kalk-Gips, 40, 628-832 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1975) Anhydrous sulphates. II. Refinement of the crystal structure of anhydrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 289-292 [view file]

Morikawa H, Tomita T, Minato I, Iwai S (1975) Anhydrite: a refinement, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 2164-2165

Louisnathan S J, Bloss F D, Korda E J (1978) Measurement of refractive indices and their dispersion, American Mineralogist, 63, 394-400 [view file]

Kirfel A, Will G (1980) Charge density in anhydrite, CaSO₄, from x-ray and neutron diffraction measurements, Acta Crystallographica, B36, 2881-2890 [view file]

Abriel V W (1983) Calcium sulfat subhydrat, CaSO₄·0,8H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 956-958 [view file]

Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Jorgensen J D, Hinks D G (1984) A crystallographic study of the low-temperature dehydration products of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O: hemihydrate CaSO₄·0.50H₂O, and γ-CaSO₄, American Mineralogist, 69, 910-918 [view file]

Ramboz C, Oudin E, Thisse Y (1988) Geyser-type discharge in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea: evidence of boiling from fluid inclusions in epigenetic anhydrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 765-786 [view file]

Hartman P (1989) On the unit cell dimensions and bond lengths of anhydrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 721-722

Bezou C, Nonat A, Mutin J C, Christensen A N, Lehmann M S (1995) Investigation of the crystal structure of γ-CaSO₄, CaSO₄·0.5H₂O, and CaSO₄·0.6H₂O by powder diffraction methods, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 117, 165-176

Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]

Christensen A N, Olesen M, Cerenius Y, Jensen T R (2008) Formation and transformation of five different phases in the CaSO₄-H₂O system: Crystal structure of the subhydrate β-CaSO₄·0.5H₂O and soluble anhydrite CaSO₄, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2124-2132

Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]

Seufert S, Hesse C, Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2009) Discrimination of bassanite and anhydrite III dehydrated from gypsum at different temperatures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 30, 447-452 [view file]

Robertson K, Bish D (2013) Constraints on the distribution of CaSO₄·nH₂O phases on Mars and implications for their contribution to the hydrological cycle, Icarus, 223, 407-417

Bishop J L, Lane M D, Dyar M D, King S J, Brown A J, Swayze G A (2014) Spectral properties of Ca-sulfates: gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite, American Mineralogist, 99, 2105-2115

Lopez-Reyes G, Sobron P, Lefebvre C, Rull F (2014) Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for the identification of sulfates: Implications for ExoMars, American Mineralogist, 99, 1570-1579

Huang R, Keppler H (2015) Anhydrite stability and the effect of Ca on the behavior of sulfur in felsic magmas, American Mineralogist, 100, 257-266

Nowak M (2015) Anhydrite: an important sulfur binder limiting the climatic impact of subaerial volcanic eruptions, American Mineralogist, 100, 341-342

Xu H, Guo X, Bai J (2017) Thermal behavior of polyhalite: a high-temperature synchrotron XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 44, 125-135

Vaniman D T, Martinez G M, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Blake D F, Yen A S, Ming D W, Rapin W, Meslin P Y, Morookian J M, Downs R T, Chipera S J, Morris R V, Morrison S M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Robertson K, Grotzinger J P, Hazen R M, Wiens R C, Sumner D Y (2018) Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 1011-1020 [view file]

Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file]