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Stilpnomelane R110195

Name: Stilpnomelane
RRUFF ID: R110195
Ideal Chemistry: (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O
Locality: Broughton talc mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of dark green plates, 180 deg twin around (-2 0 3) = [0 1 2].
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Groups: [ Stilpnomelane (4) ] [ Clay (86) ]

Quick search: [ All Stilpnomelane samples (3) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R110195

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110195.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 22.039(4)Å b: 22.058(5)Å c: 17.697(4)Å
alpha: 124.850(8)° beta: 96.02(1)° gamma: 119.97(1)° Volume: 5112(1)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Stilpnomelane
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]
Glocker E F (1827) Beschreibung des Stilpnomelan, eines neuen schlesischen Fossils, in Beyträge zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss der Sudetenländer Insbesondere Schlesiens Josef Mar und Komp Breslau 68-74 [view file]
Smith M L, Frondel C (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 893-913 [view file]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]
Eggleton R A (1972) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane. Part II. The full cell, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 693-711 [view file]
Klein C (1974) Greenalite, stilpnomelane, minnesotaite, crocidolite and carbonates in a very low-grade metamorphic Precambrian iron-formation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 475-498 [view file]
Eggleton R A, Chappell B W (1978) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane. Part III: Chemistry and physical properties, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 361-368 [view file]
Miyano T (1982) Stilpnomelane, iron–rich mica, K–feldspar and hornblende in banded iron–formation assemblages of the Dales Gorge Member, Hamersley Group, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 189-202 [view file]
Feininger T (1984) Stilpnomelane in metasomatic rocks associated with steatite and in regional schists, Quebec Appalachians, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 423-435 [view file]
Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]
Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]
Guggenheim S, Eggleton R A (1994) Stilpnomelane and parsettensite: A distance least sqares (DLS) study, American Mineralogist, 79, 438-442 [view file]
Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326

REFERENCES for Stilpnomelane

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]

Glocker E F (1827) Beschreibung des Stilpnomelan, eines neuen schlesischen Fossils, in Beyträge zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss der Sudetenländer Insbesondere Schlesiens Josef Mar und Komp Breslau 68-74 [view file]

Smith M L, Frondel C (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 893-913 [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]

Eggleton R A (1972) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane. Part II. The full cell, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 693-711 [view file]

Klein C (1974) Greenalite, stilpnomelane, minnesotaite, crocidolite and carbonates in a very low-grade metamorphic Precambrian iron-formation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 475-498 [view file]

Eggleton R A, Chappell B W (1978) The crystal structure of stilpnomelane. Part III: Chemistry and physical properties, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 361-368 [view file]

Miyano T (1982) Stilpnomelane, iron–rich mica, K–feldspar and hornblende in banded iron–formation assemblages of the Dales Gorge Member, Hamersley Group, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 189-202 [view file]

Feininger T (1984) Stilpnomelane in metasomatic rocks associated with steatite and in regional schists, Quebec Appalachians, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 423-435 [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]

Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]

Guggenheim S, Eggleton R A (1994) Stilpnomelane and parsettensite: A distance least sqares (DLS) study, American Mineralogist, 79, 438-442 [view file]

Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326