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Beraunite R060696

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Name: Beraunite
RRUFF ID: R060696
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O
Locality: Three Oak Gap, Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish brown bladed crystals in radial aggregates
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Beraunite (2) ]
Quick search: [ All Beraunite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060696.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe3+5.91Mn3+0.02Al0.04)(P1.01O4)4O(OH)4·6H2O; normalized to 10 cations
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
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RRUFF ID: R060696
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060696.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 20.676(6)Å    b: 5.133(3)Å    c: 19.199(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 93.55(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2033.6(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Beraunite

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]

Breithaupt A (1840) Beraunit, ein neues Glied der Phyllit - Ordung, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 20, 66-67   [view file]

Breithaupt J F A (1841) Beraunit, 2, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems Arnoldische Buchhandlung Dresden and Leipzig 136-136   [view file]

Streng A (1881) Ueber die phosphate von Waldgirmes, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, 2, 102-119

Frondel C (1949) The dufrenite problem, American Mineralogist, 34, 513-540   [view file]

Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1967) The crystal structure of beraunite, Acta Crystallographica, 22, 173-181

Cossato Y M F, Orlandi P, Pasero M (1989) Manganese–bearing beraunite from Mangualde, Portugal: mineral data and structure refinement, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 441-446   [view file]

Moore P B, Kampf A R (1992) Beraunite: Refinement, comparative crystal chemistry, and selected bond valences, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 201, 263-281   [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 25. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 529-535   [view file]

Cámara F, Gagne O C, Belakovskiy D I (2017) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 102, 1143-1148   [view file]

Chukanov N V, Aksenov S M, Rastsvetaeva R K, Schäfer C, Pekov I V, Belakovskiy D I, Scholz R, de Oliveira L C A, Britvin S N (2017) Eleonorite, Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O: validation as a mineral species and new data, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 61-76   [view file]

Aksenov S M, Chukanov N V, Göttlicher J, Hochleitner R, Zarubina E S, Rastsvetaeva R K (2018) Mn-bearing eleonorite from Hagendorf South pegmatite, Germany: crystal structure and crystal-chemical relationships with other beraunite-type phosphates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 469-477

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 910-915   [view file]

Vrtiška L, Tvrdý J, Plášil J, Sejkora J, Škoda R, Chukanov N V, Massanek A, Filip J, Dolníček Z, Veselovský F (2022) Redefinition of beraunite, Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O, and discreditation of the name eleonorite: a re-investigation of type material from the Hrbek Mine (Czech Republic), European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 223-238   [view file]