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Agardite-(Y) R060711

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Name: Agardite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R060711
Ideal Chemistry: YCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Locality: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Mass of pale green fibers
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Mixite (10) ]
Quick search: [ All Agardite-(Y) samples (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060711.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu5.73Fe0.04)Σ=5.77(Y0.32Gd0.10Nd0.03Sm0.08Ca0.39)Σ=0.92[(AsO4)0.79(PO4)0.06(SiO4)0.01]3(OH)6·4.58H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060711
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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: R060711.1
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.525(3)Å    b: 13.525(3)Å    c: 5.926(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 938.7(3)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Agardite-(Y)

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]

Dietrich J E, Orliac M, Permingeat F (1969) L’agardite, une nouvelle espèce minérale, et le problème du chlorotile, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 92, 420-434   [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449   [view file]

Hey M H (1970) Twenty-sixth list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 954-967   [view file]

Aruga A, Nakai I (1985) Structure of Ca-rich agardite, (Ca0.40Y0.31Fe0.09Ce0.06La0.04Nd0.01)Cu6.19[(AsO4)2.42(HAsO4)0.49](OH)6.38·3H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C41, 161-163   [link]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]

Olmi F, Sabelli C, Brizzi G (1988) Agardite-(Y), Gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from Sardinia, The Mineralogical Record, 19, 305-310

Brizzi G, Cocco E, Olmi F, Sabelli C (1989) Nuovi ritrovamenti di minerali nella Sardegna sud-occidentale 2°-Sa Duchessa (Domusnovas), Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3, 121-134

Olmi F, Sabelli C, Ferroni R T (1991) A contribution to the crystal chemistry of mixite group minerals from Sardinia (Italy), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1991, 487-499

Kunov A Y, Nakov R A, Stanchev C D (2002) First agardite-(Y), -(Nd), -(La) find in Bulgaria, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 107-116

Walenta K (2003) Mineralien der Mixitgruppe aus dem Schwarzwald, Der Erzgräber, 17, 46-51

Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2004) Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 961-966   [link]

Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2005) Thermal decomposition of agardites (REE) - relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity, Thermochimica Acta, 427, 167-170

Frost R L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Erickson K L, Weier M L, Leverett P (2005) Studies of natural and synthetic agardites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 181, 11-19

Frost R L, Weier M, Martens W (2006) Using Raman spectroscopy to identify mixite minerals, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 63, 60-65   [link]

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56

Göb S, Wenzel T, Bau M, Jacob D E, Loges A, Markl G (2011) The redistribution of rare-earth elements in secondary minerals of hydrothermal veins, Schwarzwald, southwestern Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1305-1333   [view file]

Morrison S M, Domanik K J, Origlieri M J, Downs R T (2013) Agardite-(Y), Cu2+6Y(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i61-i62   [view file]