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Spurrite R050236

Name: Spurrite
RRUFF ID: R050236
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)
Locality: South Sister Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lavendar-gray massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Spurrite-Afwillite (6) ]

Quick search: [ All Spurrite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050236.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_5.00(Si_1.00O₄)₂(CO₃)

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050236

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050236.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050236.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050236.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.4654(2)Å b: 6.7177(4)Å c: 14.1693(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 101.250(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 977.02(6)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Spurrite
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]
Wright F E (1908) On three contact minerals from Valardeña, Durango, Mexico. (Gehlenite, spurrite and hillebrandite), American Journal of Science, 176, 545-554 [view file]
Wright F E (1908) Three contact minerals, American Journal of Science, 156, 545-554 [view file]
Hauptman H, Karle I L, Karle J (1960) Crystal structure of spurrite, Ca₅(SiO₄)₂CO₃. I. Determination by the probability method, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 451-453
Smith J V, Karle I L, Hauptman H, Karle J (1960) The crystal structure of spurrite, Ca₅(SiO₄)₂CO₃. II. Description of structure, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 454-458
Belov N V, Organova N I (1962) Crystal chemistry and mineralogy of the lomonosovite group in the light of the crystal structure of lomonosovite, Geochemistry, 1, 4-13 [view file]
Marincea S, Bilal E, Verkaeren J, Pascal M L, Fonteilles M (2001) Superposed parageneses in the spurrite-, tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1435-1453 [view file]
Grice J D (2005) The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1489-1500 [view file]
Grice J D, Adams P M, Rowe R (2010) Discreditation of paraspurrite, American Mineralogist, 95, 876-879 [view file]
Marincea Ş, Dumitraş D G, Călin N, Anason A M, Fransolet A M, Hatert F (2013) Spurrite, tilleyite and associated minerals in the exoskarn zone from the Cornet Hill (Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains, Romania), The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 359-375
Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Chukanov N V, Mazur A S, Pautov L A, Varlamov D A, Bocharov V N (2023) Crystal chemistry and thermal behavior of B‑, S‑ and Na‑bearing spurrite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 33

REFERENCES for Spurrite

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]

Wright F E (1908) On three contact minerals from Valardeña, Durango, Mexico. (Gehlenite, spurrite and hillebrandite), American Journal of Science, 176, 545-554 [view file]

Wright F E (1908) Three contact minerals, American Journal of Science, 156, 545-554 [view file]

Hauptman H, Karle I L, Karle J (1960) Crystal structure of spurrite, Ca₅(SiO₄)₂CO₃. I. Determination by the probability method, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 451-453

Smith J V, Karle I L, Hauptman H, Karle J (1960) The crystal structure of spurrite, Ca₅(SiO₄)₂CO₃. II. Description of structure, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 454-458

Belov N V, Organova N I (1962) Crystal chemistry and mineralogy of the lomonosovite group in the light of the crystal structure of lomonosovite, Geochemistry, 1, 4-13 [view file]

Marincea S, Bilal E, Verkaeren J, Pascal M L, Fonteilles M (2001) Superposed parageneses in the spurrite-, tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1435-1453 [view file]

Grice J D (2005) The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1489-1500 [view file]

Grice J D, Adams P M, Rowe R (2010) Discreditation of paraspurrite, American Mineralogist, 95, 876-879 [view file]

Marincea Ş, Dumitraş D G, Călin N, Anason A M, Fransolet A M, Hatert F (2013) Spurrite, tilleyite and associated minerals in the exoskarn zone from the Cornet Hill (Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains, Romania), The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 359-375

Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Chukanov N V, Mazur A S, Pautov L A, Varlamov D A, Bocharov V N (2023) Crystal chemistry and thermal behavior of B‑, S‑ and Na‑bearing spurrite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 33