R050503 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Graphite R050503

Name: Graphite
RRUFF ID: R050503
Ideal Chemistry: C
Locality: Sterling mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black hexagonal platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050503.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample. To view the entire high resolution spectra, one needs to change the max range to 1800, then click "refresh".

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050503

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample. To view the entire high resolution spectra, one needs to change the max range to 1800, then click "refresh".

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050503.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050503.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 2.4503(2)Å b: 2.4503(2)Å c: 6.7133(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 34.905(5)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
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Graphite
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]
Werner A G (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C.A.S. Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-386 [view file]
Lipson H, Stokes A R (1942) The structure of graphite, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A181, 101-105
Lynch R W, Drickamer H G (1966) Effect of high pressure on the lattice parameters of diamond, graphite, and hexagonal boron nitride, Journal of Chemical Physics, 44, 181-184
Campbell S J, Kelly D C, Peacock T E (1989) Graphite: the ultimate large aromatic molecule, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 42, 479-488
Fayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 148, 278-285
Nasdala L, Brenker F E, Glinnemann J, Hofmeister W, Gasparik T, Harris J W, Stachel T, Reese I (2003) Spectroscopic 2D-tomography: Residual pressure and strain around mineral inclusions in diamonds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, issue 6 931-935
Reich S, Thomsen C (2004) Raman spectroscopy of graphite, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, A362, 2271-2288
Hazen R M, Morrison S M (2020) An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (>13 to 4.6 Ga), American Mineralogist, 105, 627-651 [view file]
Song H, Chi G, Wang K, Li Z, Bethune K M, Potter E G, Liu Y (2022) The role of graphite in the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin, Canada: A case study of Raman spectroscopy of graphite from the world-class Phoenix uranium deposit, American Mineralogist, 107, 2128-2142

REFERENCES for Graphite

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]

Werner A G (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C.A.S. Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-386 [view file]

Lipson H, Stokes A R (1942) The structure of graphite, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A181, 101-105

Lynch R W, Drickamer H G (1966) Effect of high pressure on the lattice parameters of diamond, graphite, and hexagonal boron nitride, Journal of Chemical Physics, 44, 181-184

Campbell S J, Kelly D C, Peacock T E (1989) Graphite: the ultimate large aromatic molecule, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 42, 479-488

Fayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 148, 278-285

Nasdala L, Brenker F E, Glinnemann J, Hofmeister W, Gasparik T, Harris J W, Stachel T, Reese I (2003) Spectroscopic 2D-tomography: Residual pressure and strain around mineral inclusions in diamonds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, issue 6 931-935

Reich S, Thomsen C (2004) Raman spectroscopy of graphite, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, A362, 2271-2288

Hazen R M, Morrison S M (2020) An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (>13 to 4.6 Ga), American Mineralogist, 105, 627-651 [view file]

Song H, Chi G, Wang K, Li Z, Bethune K M, Potter E G, Liu Y (2022) The role of graphite in the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits of the Athabasca Basin, Canada: A case study of Raman spectroscopy of graphite from the world-class Phoenix uranium deposit, American Mineralogist, 107, 2128-2142