R050321 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Pargasite R050321

Name: Pargasite
RRUFF ID: R050321
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Soper River, near Kimmirut, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Source: Frank Hawthorne
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Greenish brown transparent fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050321.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.77K_0.23)(Ca_1.90Na_0.10)_Σ=2Mg_4.00(Al_0.58Fe³⁺_0.07Ti_0.05Mg_0.30)(Si_6.24Al_1.76)_Σ=8O₂₂((OH)_0.69F_0.31)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050321

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:

R050321.1

Sample Description:

NEW INFRARED RECORD

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050321.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.8745(2)Å b: 17.9553(6)Å c: 5.2922(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 105.270(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 905.18(6)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Pargasite
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]
Pansner J H L (1815) Korrespondenz, über den sogenannten Pargasit, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 9, 301-308 [view file]
Majmundar H H (1969) Shorter communications: Pargasites from Madagascar, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 97-100 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]
Raudsepp M, Turnock A C, Hawthorne F C, Sherriff B L, Hartman J S (1987) Characterization of synthetic pargasitic amphiboles (NaCa₂Mg₄M³⁺Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH,F)₂; (M³⁺ = Al, Cr, Ga, Sc, In) by infrared spectroscopy, Rietveld structure refinement, and ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, and ¹⁹F MAS NMR spectroscopy, 72, 580-593
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]
Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G (2001) Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1725-1732 [view file]
Kahl W A, Maresch W V, Welch M D (2003) Enthalpy of formation of pargasite by high-temperature solution calorimetry and heat capacity of pargasite and fluoropargasite by differential scanning calorimetry, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 617-628
Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]
Hålenius U, Bosi F (2012) Cation ordering in Pb²⁺-bearing, Mn³⁺-rich pargasite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1635-1640 [view file]
Heaveysege D, Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2015) Long-range and short-range order in gem pargasite from Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 497-510
Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171
Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950
Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

REFERENCES for Pargasite

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]

Pansner J H L (1815) Korrespondenz, über den sogenannten Pargasit, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 9, 301-308 [view file]

Majmundar H H (1969) Shorter communications: Pargasites from Madagascar, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 97-100 [view file]

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

Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]

Raudsepp M, Turnock A C, Hawthorne F C, Sherriff B L, Hartman J S (1987) Characterization of synthetic pargasitic amphiboles (NaCa₂Mg₄M³⁺Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH,F)₂; (M³⁺ = Al, Cr, Ga, Sc, In) by infrared spectroscopy, Rietveld structure refinement, and ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, and ¹⁹F MAS NMR spectroscopy, 72, 580-593

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]

Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G (2001) Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1725-1732 [view file]

Kahl W A, Maresch W V, Welch M D (2003) Enthalpy of formation of pargasite by high-temperature solution calorimetry and heat capacity of pargasite and fluoropargasite by differential scanning calorimetry, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 617-628

Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]

Hålenius U, Bosi F (2012) Cation ordering in Pb²⁺-bearing, Mn³⁺-rich pargasite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1635-1640 [view file]

Heaveysege D, Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2015) Long-range and short-range order in gem pargasite from Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 497-510

Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171

Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950

Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312