R060128 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Bavenite R060128

Name: Bavenite
RRUFF ID: R060128
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)
Locality: Foot mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9330 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White bladed radial aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060128.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_4.00Be_2.00(Al_1.98Fe³⁺_0.02)_Σ=2Si_9.00O₂₆(OH)₂
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060128

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060128.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 23.185(6)Å b: 5.010(2)Å c: 19.425(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2256(5)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Bavenite
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]
Artini E (1901) Di una nuova specie minerale trovata nel granito di Baveno, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 10, 139-145 [view file]
Claringbull G F (1940) Occurrences of bavenite in Switzerland, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 495-497 [view file]
Fleischer M, Switzer G (1953) The bavenite problem, American Mineralogist, 38, 988-993 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Cannillo E, Coda A, Fagnani G (1966) The crystal structure of bavenite, Acta Crystallographica, 20, 301-309
Petersen O V, Micheelsen H I, Leonardsen E S (1995) Bavenite, Ca₄Be₃Al[Si₉O₂₅(OH)₃], from Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 321-335
Armstrong J A, Friis H, Lieb A, Finch A A, Weller M T (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals, American Mineralogist, 95, 519-526 [view file]
Lussier A J, Hawthorne F C (2011) Short-range constraints on chemical and structural variations in bavenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 213-239 [view file]
Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 24. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 247-251 [view file]
Szełeg E, Zuzens B, Hawthorne F C, Pieczka A, Szuszkiewicz A, Turniak K, Nejbert K, Ilnicki S S, Friis H, Makovicky E, Weller M T, Lemée-Cailleau M H (2017) Bohseite, ideally Ca₄Be₄Si₉O₂₄(OH)₄, from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 35-46 [view file]

REFERENCES for Bavenite

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]

Artini E (1901) Di una nuova specie minerale trovata nel granito di Baveno, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 10, 139-145 [view file]

Claringbull G F (1940) Occurrences of bavenite in Switzerland, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 495-497 [view file]

Fleischer M, Switzer G (1953) The bavenite problem, American Mineralogist, 38, 988-993 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Cannillo E, Coda A, Fagnani G (1966) The crystal structure of bavenite, Acta Crystallographica, 20, 301-309

Petersen O V, Micheelsen H I, Leonardsen E S (1995) Bavenite, Ca₄Be₃Al[Si₉O₂₅(OH)₃], from Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 321-335

Armstrong J A, Friis H, Lieb A, Finch A A, Weller M T (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals, American Mineralogist, 95, 519-526 [view file]

Lussier A J, Hawthorne F C (2011) Short-range constraints on chemical and structural variations in bavenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 213-239 [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 24. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 247-251 [view file]

Szełeg E, Zuzens B, Hawthorne F C, Pieczka A, Szuszkiewicz A, Turniak K, Nejbert K, Ilnicki S S, Friis H, Makovicky E, Weller M T, Lemée-Cailleau M H (2017) Bohseite, ideally Ca₄Be₄Si₉O₂₄(OH)₄, from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 35-46 [view file]