R090004 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Wadsleyite R090004

Name: Wadsleyite
RRUFF ID: R090004
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₂SiO₄
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Hexiong Yang [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Wadsleyite (1) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R090004

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R090004.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.6949(9)Å b: 11.450(2)Å c: 8.256(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 538.3(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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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REFERENCES for Wadsleyite
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]
Dunn P J, Grice J D, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 1038-1041 [view file]
Price G D, Putnis A, Agrell S O, Smith D G W (1983) Wadsleyite, natural ß-(Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄ from the Peace River meteorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 29-35 [view file]
Kudoh Y, Inoue T, Arashi H (1996) Structure and crystal chemistry of hydrous wadsleyite, Mg_1.75SiH_0.5O₄: possible hydrous magnesium silicate in the mantle transition zone, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 23, 461-469
Reynard B, Takir F, Guyot F, Gwanmesia G D, Liebermann R C, Gillet P (1996) High-temperature Raman spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction study of β–Mg₂SiO₄: Insights into its high-temperature thermodynamic properties and the β– to α– phase-transformation mechanism and kinetics, American Mineralogist, 81, 585-594 [view file]
Kleppe A K, Jephcoat A P, Smyth J R (2006) High-pressure Raman spectroscopic studies of hydrous wadsleyite II, American Mineralogist, 91, 1102-1109 [view file]
Holl C M, Smyth J R, Jacobsen S D, Frost D J (2008) Effects of hydration on the structure and compressibility of wadsleyite, β-(Mg₂SiO₄), American Mineralogist, 93, 598-607 [view file]
Nishihara Y, Shinmei T, Karato S I (2008) Effect of chemical environment on the hydrogen-related defect chemistry in wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 93, 831-843 [view file]
Sano-Furukawa A, Kuribayashi T, Komatsu K, Yagi T, Ohtani E (2011) Investigation of hydrogen sites of wadsleyite: a neutron diffraction study, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 189, 56-62
Trots D M, Kurnosov A, Ballaran T F, Frost D J (2012) High-temperature structural behaviors of anhydrous wadsleyite and forsterite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1582-1590 [view file]
Blanchard M, Roberge M, Balan E, Fiquet G, Bureau H (2013) Infrared signatures of OH-defects in wadsleyite: A first-principles study, American Mineralogist, 98, 2132-2143
Yang X, Keppler H, Dubrovinsky L, Kurnosov A (2014) In-situ infrared spectra of hydroxyl in wadsleyite and ringwoodite at high pressure and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 99, 724-729
Kawazoe T, Buchen J, Marquardt H (2015) Synthesis of large wadsleyite single crystals by solid-state recrystallization, American Mineralogist, 100, 2336-2339
Kawazoe T, Chaudhari A, Smyth J R, McCammon C (2016) Coupled substitution of Fe³⁺ and H⁺ for Si in wadsleyite: A study by polarized infrared and Mössbauer spectroscopies and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 101, 1236-1239
Zhang L, Smyth J R, Allaz J, Kawazoe T, Jacobsen S D, Jin Z (2016) Transition metals in the transition zone: Crystal chemistry of minor element substitution in wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2322-2330
Buchen J, Marquardt H, Ballaran T B, Kawazoe T, McCammon C (2017) The equation of state of wadsleyite solid solutions: Constraining the effects of anisotropy and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 102, 2494-2504
Bindi L, Brenker F E, Nestola F, Koch T E, Prior D J, Lilly K, Krot A N, Bizzarro M, Xie X (2019) Discovery of asimowite, the Fe-analog of wadsleyite, in shock-melted silicate droplets of the Suizhou L6 and the Quebrada Chimborazo 001 CB3.0 chondrites, American Mineralogist, 104, 775-778 [view file]
Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1701-1731

REFERENCES for Wadsleyite

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]

Dunn P J, Grice J D, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 1038-1041 [view file]

Price G D, Putnis A, Agrell S O, Smith D G W (1983) Wadsleyite, natural ß-(Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄ from the Peace River meteorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 29-35 [view file]

Kudoh Y, Inoue T, Arashi H (1996) Structure and crystal chemistry of hydrous wadsleyite, Mg_1.75SiH_0.5O₄: possible hydrous magnesium silicate in the mantle transition zone, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 23, 461-469

Reynard B, Takir F, Guyot F, Gwanmesia G D, Liebermann R C, Gillet P (1996) High-temperature Raman spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction study of β–Mg₂SiO₄: Insights into its high-temperature thermodynamic properties and the β– to α– phase-transformation mechanism and kinetics, American Mineralogist, 81, 585-594 [view file]

Kleppe A K, Jephcoat A P, Smyth J R (2006) High-pressure Raman spectroscopic studies of hydrous wadsleyite II, American Mineralogist, 91, 1102-1109 [view file]

Holl C M, Smyth J R, Jacobsen S D, Frost D J (2008) Effects of hydration on the structure and compressibility of wadsleyite, β-(Mg₂SiO₄), American Mineralogist, 93, 598-607 [view file]

Nishihara Y, Shinmei T, Karato S I (2008) Effect of chemical environment on the hydrogen-related defect chemistry in wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 93, 831-843 [view file]

Sano-Furukawa A, Kuribayashi T, Komatsu K, Yagi T, Ohtani E (2011) Investigation of hydrogen sites of wadsleyite: a neutron diffraction study, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 189, 56-62

Trots D M, Kurnosov A, Ballaran T F, Frost D J (2012) High-temperature structural behaviors of anhydrous wadsleyite and forsterite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1582-1590 [view file]

Blanchard M, Roberge M, Balan E, Fiquet G, Bureau H (2013) Infrared signatures of OH-defects in wadsleyite: A first-principles study, American Mineralogist, 98, 2132-2143

Yang X, Keppler H, Dubrovinsky L, Kurnosov A (2014) In-situ infrared spectra of hydroxyl in wadsleyite and ringwoodite at high pressure and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 99, 724-729

Kawazoe T, Buchen J, Marquardt H (2015) Synthesis of large wadsleyite single crystals by solid-state recrystallization, American Mineralogist, 100, 2336-2339

Kawazoe T, Chaudhari A, Smyth J R, McCammon C (2016) Coupled substitution of Fe³⁺ and H⁺ for Si in wadsleyite: A study by polarized infrared and Mössbauer spectroscopies and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 101, 1236-1239

Zhang L, Smyth J R, Allaz J, Kawazoe T, Jacobsen S D, Jin Z (2016) Transition metals in the transition zone: Crystal chemistry of minor element substitution in wadsleyite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2322-2330

Buchen J, Marquardt H, Ballaran T B, Kawazoe T, McCammon C (2017) The equation of state of wadsleyite solid solutions: Constraining the effects of anisotropy and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 102, 2494-2504

Bindi L, Brenker F E, Nestola F, Koch T E, Prior D J, Lilly K, Krot A N, Bizzarro M, Xie X (2019) Discovery of asimowite, the Fe-analog of wadsleyite, in shock-melted silicate droplets of the Suizhou L6 and the Quebrada Chimborazo 001 CB3.0 chondrites, American Mineralogist, 104, 775-778 [view file]

Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1701-1731