R060922 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Wilkinsonite R060922

Name: Wilkinsonite
RRUFF ID: R060922
Ideal Chemistry: Na₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₄]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]
Locality: Warrumbungle Volcanics, New South Wales, Australia
Source: [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black anhedral grains found as inclusions within colorless anorthoclase
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Sapphirine (12) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060922.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Na_1.00(Fe²⁺_1.87Mn_0.07Fe³⁺_0.03)_Σ=2(Fe³⁺_0.97Cr_0.03)_Σ=1(Si_2.94Al_0.06)_Σ=3O₁₀ ; the dark phase is anorthoclase: (Na_0.71K_0.29)_Σ=1(Al_0.95Fe³⁺_0.05)_Σ=1Si_3.00O₈

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

DOWNLOADS:

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

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060922

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060922.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.324(2)Å b: 10.779(2)Å c: 8.923(1)Å
alpha: 105.18(1)° beta: 96.38(1)° gamma: 125.25(1)° Volume: 737.9(1)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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 Wilkinsonite
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]
Duggan M B (1990) Wilkinsonite, Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Si₆O₂₀, a new member of the aenigmatite group from the Warrumbungle Volcano, New South Wales, Australia, American Mineralogist, 75, 694-701 [view file]
Burt D M (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to hogtuvaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 449-457 [view file]
Jensen B B (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 982-986 [view file]
Kunzmann T (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 743-756 [view file]
Burt J B, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Single-crystal X-ray refinement of wilkensonite, Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Si₆O₂₀, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i122-i124 [view file]
Grew E S, Hålenius U, Pasero M, Barbier J (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite group (sapphirine supergroup), Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 839-876 [view file]

REFERENCES for Wilkinsonite

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]

Duggan M B (1990) Wilkinsonite, Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Si₆O₂₀, a new member of the aenigmatite group from the Warrumbungle Volcano, New South Wales, Australia, American Mineralogist, 75, 694-701 [view file]

Burt D M (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to hogtuvaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 449-457 [view file]

Jensen B B (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 982-986 [view file]

Kunzmann T (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 743-756 [view file]

Burt J B, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Single-crystal X-ray refinement of wilkensonite, Na₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Si₆O₂₀, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i122-i124 [view file]

Grew E S, Hålenius U, Pasero M, Barbier J (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite group (sapphirine supergroup), Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 839-876 [view file]