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Siderite R050262

Name: Siderite
RRUFF ID: R050262
Ideal Chemistry: Fe(CO₃)
Locality: Panasqueira mine, Barroca Grande, Beira Baixa, Portugal
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of yellowish brown flattened twinned crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Calcite (36) ]

Quick search: [ All Siderite samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050262.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe_0.71Mg_0.24Mn_0.05)CO₃ ; light : (Fe_0.60Mg_0.36Mn_0.04)_Σ=1CO₃ ; intermediate : (Fe_0.54Mg_0.42Mn_0.04)_Σ=1CO₃ ; darker : (Mg_0.54Fe_0.42Mn_0.04)_Σ=1CO₃ darkest = magnesite
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050262

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:

R050262.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050262.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.6774(9)Å b: 4.6774(9)Å c: 15.30(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 289.9(0)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Siderite
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]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte I. Parachrosbaryt. Siderit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]
Bernal J D, Dasgupta D R, Mackay A L (1959) The oxides and hydroxides of iron and their structural inter-relationships, Clay Minerals Bulletin, 4, 15-30
Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates, American Mineralogist, 46, 1283-1316 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]
Heiss G (1988) Crystal structure refinement of a synthetic Fe-Mg-Ca carbonate phase, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 185, 604-604 [view file]
Mozley P S, Hoernle K (1990) Geochemistry of carbonate cements in the Sag River and Shublik Formation (Triassic/Jurassic), North Slope, Alaska: implications for the geochemical evolution of formation waters, Sedimentology, 37, 817-836
Sawicki J A, Brown D A, Beveridge T J (1995) Microbial precipitation of siderite and protoferrihydrite in a biofilm, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1-6 [view file]
Zhang J, Martinez I, Guyot F, Reeder R J (1998) Effects of Mg-Fe²⁺ substitution in calcite-structure carbonates: Thermoelastic properties, American Mineralogist, 83, 280-287 [view file]
Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]
Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO₃ to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition, Physical Review B, 82, 064110-7
Nagai T, Ishido T, Seto Y, Nishio-Hamane D, Sata N, Fujino K (2010) Pressure-induced spin transition in FeCO₃-siderite studied by X-ray diffraction measurements, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 215, 012002
Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Ménez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010) Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration, Astrobiology, 10, 293-309
Boulard E, Guyot F, Fiquet G (2012) The influence on Fe content on Raman spectra and unit cell parameters of magnesite-siderite solid solutions, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 39, 239-246
Farfan G, Wang S, Ma H, Caracas R, Mao W L (2012) Bonding and structural changes in siderite at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 97, 1421-1426 [view file]
Lin J-F, Liu J, Jacobs C, Prakapenka V B (2012) Vibrational and elastic properties of ferromagnesite across the electronic spin-pairing transition of iron, American Mineralogist, 97, 583-591 [view file]
Tao R, Fei Y, Zhang L (2013) Experimental determination of siderite stability at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 1565-1572
Liu J, Lin J, Mao Z, Prakapenka V B (2014) Thermal equation of state and spin transition of magnesiosiderite at high pressure and temperature, American Mineralogist, 99, 84-93
Cerantola V, McCammon C, Kupenko I, Kantor I, Marini C, Wilke M, Ismailova L, Solopova N, Chumakov A, Pascarelli S, Dubrovinsky L (2015) High-pressure spectroscopic study of siderite (FeCO₃) with a focus on spin crossover, American Mineralogist, 100, 2670-2681
Müller J, Speziale S, Efthimiopoulos I, Jahn S, Koch-Müller M (2016) Raman spectroscopy of siderite at high pressure: Evidence for a sharp spin transition, American Mineralogist, 101, 2638-2644
Merlini M, Sapelli F, Fumagalli P, Gatta G D, Lotti P, Tumiati S, Abdellatief M, Lausi A, Plaisier J, Hanfland M, Crichton W, Chantel J, Guignard J, Meneghini C, Pavese A, Poli S (2016) High-temperature and high-pressure behavior of carbonates in the ternary diagram CaCO₃-MgCO₃-FeCO₃, American Mineralogist, 101, 1423-1430
Müller J, Efthimiopoulos I, Jahn S, Koch-Müller M (2017) Effect of temperature on the pressure-induced spin transition in siderite and iron-bearing magnesite: a Raman spectroscopy study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 785-793
Farsang S, Facq S, Redfern S A T (2018) Raman modes of carbonate minerals as pressure and temperature gauges up to 6 GPa and 500 °C, American Mineralogist, 103, 1988-1998
Liang W, Yin Y, Li Z, Li R, Li L, He Y, Dong H, Li Z, Yan S, Zhai S, Li H (2018) Single crystal growth, crystalline structure investigation and high-pressure behavior of impurity-free siderite (FeCO₃), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 45, 831-842
Cerantola V, Wilke M, Kantor I, Ismailova L, Kupenko I, McCammon C, Pascarelli S, Dubrovinsky L S (2019) Experimental investigation of FeCO₃ (siderite) stability in Earth's lower mantle using XANES spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 104, 1083-1091
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456
Hîrtopanu P, Dumitras D G, Marincea Ş, Călin N (2022) Inesite, hubeite, ruizite, apophyllite, and manganoan ilvaite from Cavnic, Eastern Carpathians, Romania, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 17, 387-400 [view file]
Wang C, Ren L, Walters J B, Zhang L, Tao R (2023) In situ Raman vibrational spectra of siderite (FeCO₃) and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃) up to 47 GPa and 1100 K, American Mineralogist, 108, 312-325

REFERENCES for Siderite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte I. Parachrosbaryt. Siderit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]

Bernal J D, Dasgupta D R, Mackay A L (1959) The oxides and hydroxides of iron and their structural inter-relationships, Clay Minerals Bulletin, 4, 15-30

Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates, American Mineralogist, 46, 1283-1316 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]

Heiss G (1988) Crystal structure refinement of a synthetic Fe-Mg-Ca carbonate phase, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 185, 604-604 [view file]

Mozley P S, Hoernle K (1990) Geochemistry of carbonate cements in the Sag River and Shublik Formation (Triassic/Jurassic), North Slope, Alaska: implications for the geochemical evolution of formation waters, Sedimentology, 37, 817-836

Sawicki J A, Brown D A, Beveridge T J (1995) Microbial precipitation of siderite and protoferrihydrite in a biofilm, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1-6 [view file]

Zhang J, Martinez I, Guyot F, Reeder R J (1998) Effects of Mg-Fe²⁺ substitution in calcite-structure carbonates: Thermoelastic properties, American Mineralogist, 83, 280-287 [view file]

Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]

Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO₃ to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition, Physical Review B, 82, 064110-7

Nagai T, Ishido T, Seto Y, Nishio-Hamane D, Sata N, Fujino K (2010) Pressure-induced spin transition in FeCO₃-siderite studied by X-ray diffraction measurements, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 215, 012002

Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Ménez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010) Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration, Astrobiology, 10, 293-309

Boulard E, Guyot F, Fiquet G (2012) The influence on Fe content on Raman spectra and unit cell parameters of magnesite-siderite solid solutions, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 39, 239-246

Farfan G, Wang S, Ma H, Caracas R, Mao W L (2012) Bonding and structural changes in siderite at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 97, 1421-1426 [view file]

Lin J-F, Liu J, Jacobs C, Prakapenka V B (2012) Vibrational and elastic properties of ferromagnesite across the electronic spin-pairing transition of iron, American Mineralogist, 97, 583-591 [view file]

Tao R, Fei Y, Zhang L (2013) Experimental determination of siderite stability at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 1565-1572

Liu J, Lin J, Mao Z, Prakapenka V B (2014) Thermal equation of state and spin transition of magnesiosiderite at high pressure and temperature, American Mineralogist, 99, 84-93

Cerantola V, McCammon C, Kupenko I, Kantor I, Marini C, Wilke M, Ismailova L, Solopova N, Chumakov A, Pascarelli S, Dubrovinsky L (2015) High-pressure spectroscopic study of siderite (FeCO₃) with a focus on spin crossover, American Mineralogist, 100, 2670-2681

Müller J, Speziale S, Efthimiopoulos I, Jahn S, Koch-Müller M (2016) Raman spectroscopy of siderite at high pressure: Evidence for a sharp spin transition, American Mineralogist, 101, 2638-2644

Merlini M, Sapelli F, Fumagalli P, Gatta G D, Lotti P, Tumiati S, Abdellatief M, Lausi A, Plaisier J, Hanfland M, Crichton W, Chantel J, Guignard J, Meneghini C, Pavese A, Poli S (2016) High-temperature and high-pressure behavior of carbonates in the ternary diagram CaCO₃-MgCO₃-FeCO₃, American Mineralogist, 101, 1423-1430

Müller J, Efthimiopoulos I, Jahn S, Koch-Müller M (2017) Effect of temperature on the pressure-induced spin transition in siderite and iron-bearing magnesite: a Raman spectroscopy study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 785-793

Farsang S, Facq S, Redfern S A T (2018) Raman modes of carbonate minerals as pressure and temperature gauges up to 6 GPa and 500 °C, American Mineralogist, 103, 1988-1998

Liang W, Yin Y, Li Z, Li R, Li L, He Y, Dong H, Li Z, Yan S, Zhai S, Li H (2018) Single crystal growth, crystalline structure investigation and high-pressure behavior of impurity-free siderite (FeCO₃), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 45, 831-842

Cerantola V, Wilke M, Kantor I, Ismailova L, Kupenko I, McCammon C, Pascarelli S, Dubrovinsky L S (2019) Experimental investigation of FeCO₃ (siderite) stability in Earth's lower mantle using XANES spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 104, 1083-1091

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

Hîrtopanu P, Dumitras D G, Marincea Ş, Călin N (2022) Inesite, hubeite, ruizite, apophyllite, and manganoan ilvaite from Cavnic, Eastern Carpathians, Romania, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 17, 387-400 [view file]

Wang C, Ren L, Walters J B, Zhang L, Tao R (2023) In situ Raman vibrational spectra of siderite (FeCO₃) and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃) up to 47 GPa and 1100 K, American Mineralogist, 108, 312-325