R050223 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Tuperssuatsiaite R050223

Name: Tuperssuatsiaite
RRUFF ID: R050223
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O
Locality: Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of reddish brown radiating acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Palygorskite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050223.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, Laser 780 is overwhelmed by fluorescence

DOWNLOADS:

To download sample data,
please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050223

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, Laser 780 is overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050223.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.74(7)Å b: 17.69(6)Å c: 5.21(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.5(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1226(5)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.

DOWNLOADS:

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

REFERENCES for Tuperssuatsiaite
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]
Karup-Møller S, Petersen O V (1984) Tuperssuatsiaite, a new mineral species from the Ilímaussaq intrusion in South Greenland, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 501-512
Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]
Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file]
von Knorring O, Petersen O V, Karup-Møller S, Leonardsen E S, Condliffe E (1992) Tuperssuatsiaite, from Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 145-152
Cámara F, Garvie L A J, Devouard B, Groy T L, Buseck P R (2002) The structure of Mn-rich tuperssuatsiaite: a palygorskite-related mineral, American Mineralogist, 87, 1458-1463 [view file]

REFERENCES for Tuperssuatsiaite

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]

Karup-Møller S, Petersen O V (1984) Tuperssuatsiaite, a new mineral species from the Ilímaussaq intrusion in South Greenland, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 501-512

Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]

Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file]

von Knorring O, Petersen O V, Karup-Møller S, Leonardsen E S, Condliffe E (1992) Tuperssuatsiaite, from Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 145-152

Cámara F, Garvie L A J, Devouard B, Groy T L, Buseck P R (2002) The structure of Mn-rich tuperssuatsiaite: a palygorskite-related mineral, American Mineralogist, 87, 1458-1463 [view file]