R110130 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Pyroxene R110130

Name: Pyroxene
RRUFF ID: R110130
Ideal Chemistry:
Locality: Little Deer Creek eclogite, Skagit County, Washington, USA
Source: Bart Cannon [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blocky transparent green crystals coating a surface of a rock. Single crystal X-ray diffraction shows that this sample is composed of exsolution lamellae of diopside and jadeite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110130

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110130.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.610(7)Å b: 8.778(5)Å c: 5.266(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 106.82(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 425.2(4)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Pyroxene
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Ramberg H, DeVore G (1951) The distribution of Fe⁺⁺ and Mg⁺⁺ in coexisting olivines and pyroxenes, The Journal of Geology, 59, 193-210
Kuno H (1954) Study of orthopyroxenes from volcanic rocks, American Mineralogist, 39, 30-46
Gay P, Bown M G (1957) X-ray investigations of certain pyroxenes, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 758-759
Mulligan R, Jambor J L (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Tin-bearing garnet and pyroxene from skarn in the Cassiar District, B. B., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 669-669 [view file]
Edgar A D, Mottana A, Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: A chemical and X-ray study of omphacitic pyroxenes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 288-289 [view file]
Coleman R G, Clark J R (1968) Pyroxenes in the blueschist facies of california, American Journal of Science, 266, 43-59 [view file]
Katz M B (1970) Notes on the mineralogy and coexisting pyroxenes from the granulites of Mont Tremblant Park, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 247-251 [view file]
Turnock A C (1970) A pyroxene solvus section, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 744-747 [view file]
Emslie R F (1975) Pyroxene megacrysts from anorthositic rocks: New clues to the sources and evolution of the parent magmas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 138-145 [view file]
Francis D M (1976) Corona-bearing pyroxene granulite xenoliths and the lower crust beneath Nunivak Island, Alaska, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 291-298 [view file]
Kretz R, Jen L S (1978) Effect of temperature on the distribution of Mg and Fe²⁺ between calcic pyroxene and hornblende, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 533-537 [view file]
Fleet M E, Bilcox G A, Barnett R L (1980) Oriented magnetite inclusions in pyroxenes from the Grenville province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 89-99 [view file]
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H (1981) Experimental determination of pyroxene solvi for ≤ 1 kbar at 900 and 1000˚ C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 255-267 [view file]
Sharma S K, Simons B, Yoder H S (1983) Raman study of anorthite, calcium Tschermak's pyroxene, and gehlenite in crystalline and glassy states, American Mineralogist, 68, 1113-1125 [view file]
Hogarth D D, Lapointe P (1984) Amphibole and pyroxene development in fenite from Cantley, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 281-295 [view file]
Stoddard E F (1985) Zoned plagioclase and the breakdown of hornblende in pyroxene amphibolites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 195-204 [view file]
Angel R J, Gasparik T, Ross N L, Finger L W, Prewitt C T, Hazen R M (1988) A silica-rich sodium pyroxene phase with six-coordinated silicon, Nature, 335, 156-158
Bethune K M, Davidson A (1997) Grenvillian metamorphism of the Sudbury diabase dyke-swarm: from protolith to two-pyroxene – garnet coronite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1191-1220 [view file]
Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752
Hawthorne F C (2016) Short-range atomic arrangements in minerals. I: The minerals of the amphibole, tourmaline and pyroxene supergroups, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 513-536
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
O'Bannon E, Williams Q (2016) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of spodumene at high pressures: Effects of site geometry, a phase transition, and a level-crossing, American Mineralogist, 101, 1406-1413
Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918
Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2016) Ideal wollastonite and the structural relationship between the pyroxenoids and pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 101, 2544-2553
Pakhomova A, Ismailova L, Bykova E, Bykov M, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L (2017) A new high-pressure phase transition in clinoferrosilite: In situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 102, 666-673 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]
Gao W, Ciobanu C L, Cook N J, Slattery A, Huang F, Wang D (2019) Nanoscale study of lamellar exsolutions in clinopyroxene from olivine gabbro: Recording crystallization sequences in iron-rich layered intrusions, American Mineralogist, 104, 244-261
Matrosova E A, Ismailova L, Bobrov A V, Bykova E, Bykov M, Glazyrin K, Bindi L, Ovsyannikov S V, Aksenov S M, Pushcharovsky D Y, Dubrovinsky L (2019) Compressibility of two Na-rich clinopyroxenes: A synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 104, 905-913
Yang Y, Liu W, Qi Z, Wang Z , Smyth J R , Xia Q (2019) Re-configuration and interaction of hydrogen sites in olivine at high temperature and high pressure, American Mineralogist, 104, 878-889

REFERENCES for Pyroxene

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Ramberg H, DeVore G (1951) The distribution of Fe⁺⁺ and Mg⁺⁺ in coexisting olivines and pyroxenes, The Journal of Geology, 59, 193-210

Kuno H (1954) Study of orthopyroxenes from volcanic rocks, American Mineralogist, 39, 30-46

Gay P, Bown M G (1957) X-ray investigations of certain pyroxenes, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 758-759

Mulligan R, Jambor J L (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Tin-bearing garnet and pyroxene from skarn in the Cassiar District, B. B., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 669-669 [view file]

Edgar A D, Mottana A, Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: A chemical and X-ray study of omphacitic pyroxenes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 288-289 [view file]

Coleman R G, Clark J R (1968) Pyroxenes in the blueschist facies of california, American Journal of Science, 266, 43-59 [view file]

Katz M B (1970) Notes on the mineralogy and coexisting pyroxenes from the granulites of Mont Tremblant Park, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 247-251 [view file]

Turnock A C (1970) A pyroxene solvus section, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 744-747 [view file]

Emslie R F (1975) Pyroxene megacrysts from anorthositic rocks: New clues to the sources and evolution of the parent magmas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 138-145 [view file]

Francis D M (1976) Corona-bearing pyroxene granulite xenoliths and the lower crust beneath Nunivak Island, Alaska, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 291-298 [view file]

Kretz R, Jen L S (1978) Effect of temperature on the distribution of Mg and Fe²⁺ between calcic pyroxene and hornblende, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 533-537 [view file]

Fleet M E, Bilcox G A, Barnett R L (1980) Oriented magnetite inclusions in pyroxenes from the Grenville province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 89-99 [view file]

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H (1981) Experimental determination of pyroxene solvi for ≤ 1 kbar at 900 and 1000˚ C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 255-267 [view file]

Sharma S K, Simons B, Yoder H S (1983) Raman study of anorthite, calcium Tschermak's pyroxene, and gehlenite in crystalline and glassy states, American Mineralogist, 68, 1113-1125 [view file]

Hogarth D D, Lapointe P (1984) Amphibole and pyroxene development in fenite from Cantley, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 281-295 [view file]

Stoddard E F (1985) Zoned plagioclase and the breakdown of hornblende in pyroxene amphibolites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 195-204 [view file]

Angel R J, Gasparik T, Ross N L, Finger L W, Prewitt C T, Hazen R M (1988) A silica-rich sodium pyroxene phase with six-coordinated silicon, Nature, 335, 156-158

Bethune K M, Davidson A (1997) Grenvillian metamorphism of the Sudbury diabase dyke-swarm: from protolith to two-pyroxene – garnet coronite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1191-1220 [view file]

Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752

Hawthorne F C (2016) Short-range atomic arrangements in minerals. I: The minerals of the amphibole, tourmaline and pyroxene supergroups, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 513-536

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

O'Bannon E, Williams Q (2016) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of spodumene at high pressures: Effects of site geometry, a phase transition, and a level-crossing, American Mineralogist, 101, 1406-1413

Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918

Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2016) Ideal wollastonite and the structural relationship between the pyroxenoids and pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 101, 2544-2553

Pakhomova A, Ismailova L, Bykova E, Bykov M, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L (2017) A new high-pressure phase transition in clinoferrosilite: In situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 102, 666-673 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]

Gao W, Ciobanu C L, Cook N J, Slattery A, Huang F, Wang D (2019) Nanoscale study of lamellar exsolutions in clinopyroxene from olivine gabbro: Recording crystallization sequences in iron-rich layered intrusions, American Mineralogist, 104, 244-261

Matrosova E A, Ismailova L, Bobrov A V, Bykova E, Bykov M, Glazyrin K, Bindi L, Ovsyannikov S V, Aksenov S M, Pushcharovsky D Y, Dubrovinsky L (2019) Compressibility of two Na-rich clinopyroxenes: A synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 104, 905-913

Yang Y, Liu W, Qi Z, Wang Z , Smyth J R , Xia Q (2019) Re-configuration and interaction of hydrogen sites in olivine at high temperature and high pressure, American Mineralogist, 104, 878-889