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Foitite R050495

Name: Foitite
RRUFF ID: R050495
Ideal Chemistry: ◻(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Locality: Coahuila Mountain, California, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology W-20793
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bluish black prismatic fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ]

Quick search: [ All Foitite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050495.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(◻_0.54Na_0.46)_Σ=1(Fe²⁺_1.75Al_0.85Mg_0.18Li_0.14Mn_0.08)_Σ=3Al_6.00(BO₃)₃(Si_5.83Al_0.17)_Σ=6O₁₈(OH)₄ ; B and Li not measured but estimated by charge balance

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Laser incident on prism face

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050495

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Laser incident on prism face

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050495.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050495.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

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

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050495.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.9542(9)Å b: 15.9542(9)Å c: 7.1505(5)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 1576.2(2)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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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Foitite
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]
MacDonald D J, Hawthorne F C (1993) Foitite, ◻[Fe²⁺₂(Al,Fe³⁺)]Al₆Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₄, a new alkali-deficient tourmaline: description and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 78, 1299-1303 [view file]
Pezzotta F, Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Teertstra D K (1996) Fibrous foitite from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 741-744 [view file]
Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940
Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]
Francis C A, Dyar M D, Williams M L, Hughes J M (1999) The occurrence and crystal structure of foitite from a tungsten-bearing vein at Copper Mountain, Taos County, New Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1431-1438 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]
Kahlenberg V, Velickov B (2000) Structural investigations on a synthetic alkali-free hydrogen-deficient Fe-tourmaline (foitite), European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 947-953
Novák M, Taylor M C (2000) Foitite: formation during late stages of evolution of complex granitic pegmatites at Dobrá Voda, Czech Republic, and Pala, California, U.S.A., The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1399-1408 [view file]
Medaris L G, Fournelle J H, Henry D J (2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo quartzite Wisconsin: occurrence and significance of foitite and "oxy-foitite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 749-758 [view file]
Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]
Ertl A, Schuster R, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Finger F, Dyar M D, Ruschel K, Rossman G R, Klötzli U, Brandstätter F, Lengauer C L, Tillmanns E (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715
Bačík P, Ertl A, Števko M, Giester G, Sečkár P (2015) Acicular zoned tourmaline (magnesio-foitite to foitite) from a quartz vein near Tisovec, Slovakia: the relationship between crystal chemistry and acicular habit, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 221-234
Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985
Lensing-Burgdorf M, Watenphul A, Schlüter J, Mihailova B (2017) Crystal chemistry of tourmalines from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, studied by Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 257-267
Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]
Balan E, Radtke G, Fourdrin C, Paulatto L, Horn H A, Fuchs Y (2023) Effect of Fe–Fe interactions and X-site vacancy ordering on the OH-stretching spectrum of foitite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 105-116

REFERENCES for Foitite

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]

MacDonald D J, Hawthorne F C (1993) Foitite, ◻[Fe²⁺₂(Al,Fe³⁺)]Al₆Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₄, a new alkali-deficient tourmaline: description and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 78, 1299-1303 [view file]

Pezzotta F, Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Teertstra D K (1996) Fibrous foitite from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 741-744 [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]

Francis C A, Dyar M D, Williams M L, Hughes J M (1999) The occurrence and crystal structure of foitite from a tungsten-bearing vein at Copper Mountain, Taos County, New Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1431-1438 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]

Kahlenberg V, Velickov B (2000) Structural investigations on a synthetic alkali-free hydrogen-deficient Fe-tourmaline (foitite), European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 947-953

Novák M, Taylor M C (2000) Foitite: formation during late stages of evolution of complex granitic pegmatites at Dobrá Voda, Czech Republic, and Pala, California, U.S.A., The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1399-1408 [view file]

Medaris L G, Fournelle J H, Henry D J (2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo quartzite Wisconsin: occurrence and significance of foitite and "oxy-foitite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 749-758 [view file]

Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]

Ertl A, Schuster R, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Finger F, Dyar M D, Ruschel K, Rossman G R, Klötzli U, Brandstätter F, Lengauer C L, Tillmanns E (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715

Bačík P, Ertl A, Števko M, Giester G, Sečkár P (2015) Acicular zoned tourmaline (magnesio-foitite to foitite) from a quartz vein near Tisovec, Slovakia: the relationship between crystal chemistry and acicular habit, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 221-234

Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985

Lensing-Burgdorf M, Watenphul A, Schlüter J, Mihailova B (2017) Crystal chemistry of tourmalines from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, studied by Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 257-267

Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]

Balan E, Radtke G, Fourdrin C, Paulatto L, Horn H A, Fuchs Y (2023) Effect of Fe–Fe interactions and X-site vacancy ordering on the OH-stretching spectrum of foitite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 105-116