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Asbecasite R060719

Name: Asbecasite
RRUFF ID: R060719
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃TiAs₆Be₂Si₂O₂₀
Locality: Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brownish-yellow transparent fragments associated with dark green chamosite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060719.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060719

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060719.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.2993(9)Å b: 8.2993(9)Å c: 15.247(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 909.5(1)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.

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

REFERENCES for Asbecasite
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]
Graeser S (1966) Asbecasit und Cafarsit, zwei neue Mineralien aus dem Binnatal (Kt. Wallis), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 46, 367-375
Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 1579-1589 [view file]
Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file]
Sacerdoti M, Parodi G C, Mottana A, Maras A, Ventura G D (1993) Asbecasite: crystal structure refinement and crystal chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 315-322 [view file]
Roth P (2007) Asbecasite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 36-37

REFERENCES for Asbecasite

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]

Graeser S (1966) Asbecasit und Cafarsit, zwei neue Mineralien aus dem Binnatal (Kt. Wallis), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 46, 367-375

Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 1579-1589 [view file]

Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file]

Sacerdoti M, Parodi G C, Mottana A, Maras A, Ventura G D (1993) Asbecasite: crystal structure refinement and crystal chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 315-322 [view file]

Roth P (2007) Asbecasite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 36-37