R050137 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Phenakite R050137

Name: Phenakite
RRUFF ID: R050137
Ideal Chemistry: Be₂(SiO₄)
Locality: Mount Antero area, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Source: Dave Bunk Minerals
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless tabular hexagonal crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Phenakite (8) ]

Quick search: [ All Phenakite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050137.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Be_2.00Si_1.00O₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted on a pin, and polished.

Pin ID:

L00964

Orientation:

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

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050137

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:

R050137.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050137.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050137.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.4714(2)Å b: 12.4714(2)Å c: 8.2509(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 1111.40(3)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	Cell Refinement Data
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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Phenakite
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]
Nordenskjöld N (1834) Beschreibung des Phenakits, eine neuen Minerals aus dem Ural, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 21, 57-62 [view file]
Nordenskjöld N (1834) Beskrifning på phenakit, ett nytt mineral från Ural, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1833, 160-165 [view file]
Zachariasen W H (1971) Refined crystal structure of phenacite, Be₂SiO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 1021-1025 [view file]
Hazen R M, Au A Y (1986) High-pressure crystal chemistry of phenakite (Be₂SiO₄) and bertrandite (Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 69-78
Downs J W, Gibbs G V (1987) An exploratory examination of the electron density and electrostatic potential of phenakite, American Mineralogist, 72, 769-777 [view file]
Hofmeister A M, Hoering T C, Virgo D (1987) Vibrational spectroscopy of of beryllium aluminosilicates: heat capacity calculations from band assignments, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 14, 205-224
Tsirel'son V G, Sokolova Y V, Urusov V S (1987) An X-ray diffraction study of the electron-density distribution and electrostatic potential in phenakite Be₂SiO₄, Geochemistry International, 24, 101-110 [view file]
Martin-Izard A, Paniagua A, Moreiras D, Acevedo R D, Marcos-Pascual C (1995) Metasomatism at a granitic pegmatite - dunite contact in Galicia: the Franqueira occurrence of chrysoberyl (alexandrite), emerald, and phenakite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 775-792 [view file]
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]
Uher P, Ozdín D, Bačík P, Števko M, Ondrejka M, Rybnikova O, Chládek S, Fridrichová J, Pršek J, Puškelová L (2022) Phenakite and bertrandite: products of post-magmatic alteration of beryl in granitic pegmatites (Tatric Superunit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia), Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 715-729

REFERENCES for Phenakite

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]

Nordenskjöld N (1834) Beschreibung des Phenakits, eine neuen Minerals aus dem Ural, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 21, 57-62 [view file]

Nordenskjöld N (1834) Beskrifning på phenakit, ett nytt mineral från Ural, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1833, 160-165 [view file]

Zachariasen W H (1971) Refined crystal structure of phenacite, Be₂SiO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 1021-1025 [view file]

Hazen R M, Au A Y (1986) High-pressure crystal chemistry of phenakite (Be₂SiO₄) and bertrandite (Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 69-78

Downs J W, Gibbs G V (1987) An exploratory examination of the electron density and electrostatic potential of phenakite, American Mineralogist, 72, 769-777 [view file]

Hofmeister A M, Hoering T C, Virgo D (1987) Vibrational spectroscopy of of beryllium aluminosilicates: heat capacity calculations from band assignments, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 14, 205-224

Tsirel'son V G, Sokolova Y V, Urusov V S (1987) An X-ray diffraction study of the electron-density distribution and electrostatic potential in phenakite Be₂SiO₄, Geochemistry International, 24, 101-110 [view file]

Martin-Izard A, Paniagua A, Moreiras D, Acevedo R D, Marcos-Pascual C (1995) Metasomatism at a granitic pegmatite - dunite contact in Galicia: the Franqueira occurrence of chrysoberyl (alexandrite), emerald, and phenakite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 775-792 [view file]

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]

Uher P, Ozdín D, Bačík P, Števko M, Ondrejka M, Rybnikova O, Chládek S, Fridrichová J, Pršek J, Puškelová L (2022) Phenakite and bertrandite: products of post-magmatic alteration of beryl in granitic pegmatites (Tatric Superunit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia), Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 715-729