Microcline R040154

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Record 2559 of 4216  

Name: Microcline
RRUFF ID: R040154
Ideal Chemistry: K(AlSi3O8)
Locality: Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 81 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White cleavage fragment with some perthitic character
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ feldspar (62) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040154.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (K0.90Na0.09Ba0.01)Al1.00(Si2.99Al0.01)Σ=3O8
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00079
Orientation: Laser parallel to  a*  (1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -b   [0 -1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R040154
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040154.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040154.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.5714(6)Å    b: 12.9645(5)Å    c: 7.2203(3)Å
alpha: 90.74(1)°    beta: 115.944(4)°    gamma: 87.663(6)°   Volume: 720.88(4)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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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 Microcline

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1830) Ueber die Felsite und einige deue Specien ihres Geschlechts, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 60, 316-330   [view file]

Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1006-1008   [view file]

Finney J J, Bailey S W (1964) Crystal structure of an authigenic maximum microcline, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 413-436   [view file]

Cherry M E, Trembath L T (1979) The disordering of alkali feldspars. I. Dry heating of a microcline perthite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 527-535   [view file]

Ferguson R B (1979) Whence orthoclase and microcline? A crystallographer’s interpretation of potassium feldspar phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 515-525   [view file]

Eggleton R A, Buseck P R (1980) The orthoclase-microcline inversion: A high-resolution transmission electron microscope study and strain analysis, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 74, 123-133

Griffen D T, Johnson B T (1984) Strain in triclinic alkali feldspars: a crystal structure study, American Mineralogist, 69, 1072-1077

Martin R F, Falster A U (1986) Proterozoic sanidine and microcline in pegmatite, Wausau complex, Wisconsin, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 709-716   [view file]

Blasi A, Blasi C P, Zanazzi P F (1987) A re-examination of the Pellotsalo microcline: mineralogical implications and genetic considerations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 527-537   [view file]

Ferguson R B, Ball N A (1987) Quantitative phase-analysis of Rb-enriched maximum microcline and low albite by X-ray powder diffractometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 337-345   [view file]

Brown W L, Parsons I (1989) Alkali feldspars: ordering rates, phase transformations and behaviour diagrams for igneous rocks, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 25-42   [view file]

Harris M J, Salje E K H, Guttler B K, Carpenter M A (1989) Structural states of natural potassium feldspar: An infrared spectroscopic study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 649-658

White J C, Barnett R L (1990) Microstructural signatures and glide twins in microcline, Hemlo, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 757-769   [view file]

Mernagh T P (1991) Use of the laser Raman microprobe for discrimination amongst feldspar minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 22, 453-457

Blum A E (1994) Feldspars in weathering, in I. Parson (ed.), Feldspars and their reactions Kluwer Academic Dordrecht, the Netherlands 595-630

Allan D R, Angel R J (1997) A high-pressure structural study of microcline (KAlSi3O8) to 7 GPa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 263-275

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006   [link]

Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500   [view file]

Parsons I (2010) Feldspars defined and described: a pair of posters published by the Mineralogical Society. Sources and supporting information, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 529-551   [view file]

Liu S (2015) Rietveld structure refinement of microcline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 501-510