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Lithiomarsturite R100094

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Name: Lithiomarsturite
RRUFF ID: R100094
Ideal Chemistry: LiCaMn2+3Si5O14(OH)
Locality: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Source: [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored prismatic crystals, associated with brannockite, fluorapatite, albite, bavenite, and pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Rhodonite (16) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100094
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100094.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.6467(3)Å    b: 11.7315(6)Å    c: 6.8100(3)Å
alpha: 91.874(4)°    beta: 94.465(3)°    gamma: 105.933(3)°   Volume: 584.72(5)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Lithiomarsturite

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]

Peacor D R, Dunn P J, White J S, Grice J D, Chi P H (1990) Lithiomarsturite, a new member of the pyroxenoid group, from North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 75, 409-414   [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T, Yang Y W (2011) Lithiomarsturite, LiCa2Mn2Si5O14(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E67, i73-i73   [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 65, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 143-148   [view file]