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Amphibole R110203

Name: Amphibole
RRUFF ID: R110203
Ideal Chemistry:
Locality: Bear Lake diggings, Tory Hill, Monmounth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black hexagonal prism, note that amphiboles from here are characterized by Hawthorne et al (2006)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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RRUFF ID:

R110203

Wavelength:

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:

R110203.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.9104(9)Å b: 18.112(2)Å c: 5.3182(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.936(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 922.3(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Amphibole
Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]
Appleyard E C (1975) Silica-poor hastingsitic amphiboles from metasomatic alkaline gneisses at Wolfe, Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 342-351 [view file]
Reddy G L, Murty M S (1975) Amphibolites from Kuderu and Atmakuru areas, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, South India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 205-207 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Grundy H D (1976) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: IV. X-ray and neutron refinements of the crystal structure of tremolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 334-345 [view file]
Ghent E D, Nicholls J, Stout M Z, Rottenfusser B (1977) Clinopyroxene amphibolite boudins from Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 269-282 [view file]
Fleet M E, Barnett R L (1978) Al^iv/Al^vi partitioning in calciferous amphiboles from the Frood mine, Sudbury, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 527-532 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Grundy H D (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of potassian ferri-taramite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 53-62 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. IX. Polyvalent-cation ordering in clinoamphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 521-525 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VI. The stereochemistry of the octahedral strip, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 37-52 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 501-520 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1979) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. X. Refinement of the crystal structure of ferroglaucophane and an ideal polyhedral model for clinoamphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 1-10 [view file]
Stephenson N C N, Hensel H D (1979) Intergrowth calcic and Fe—Mg amphiboles from the Wongwibinda metamorphic complex, N.S.W., Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 11-23 [view file]
Giret A, Bonin B, Leger J M (1980) Amphibole compositional trends in oversaturated and undersaturated alkaline plutonic ring–complexes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 481-495 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Griep J L, Curtis L (1980) A three–amphibole assemblage from the Tallan Lake sill, Peterborough County, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 275-284 [view file]
Thomson M L, Fleet M E, Barnett R L (1981) Amphiboles from the Renzy Lake ultramafic complex, southwestern Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 469-477 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Appendices: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 353-480 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Cation distribution in amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 302-312 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Classification and nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 175-177 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Crystal–structure refinement of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 262-264 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Deformation behavior of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 331-337 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Electrical, magnetic, and elastic properties of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 325-331 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Electronic absorption spectroscopy of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 288-296 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Factors affecting cation ordering, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 312-317 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Formula–unit calculation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 177-184 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: High–temperature crystallography, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 321-325 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Infrared–absorption spectroscopy in the OH region, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 276-288 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Introduction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 173-174 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Mössbauer spectroscopy of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 264-276 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Miscellaneous spectroscopic methods and amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 296-302 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Oxidation—dehydroxylation in amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 317-321 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: References, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 337-352 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: The amphibole crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 184-213 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: The M(4) site, A and O(3) sites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 242-262 [view file]
Cressey B A, Whittaker E J W (1984) Magnetic orientation of amphibole fibres, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 669-674 [view file]
Hogarth D D, Lapointe P (1984) Amphibole and pyroxene development in fenite from Cantley, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 281-295 [view file]
Castro A, Stephens W E (1992) Amphibole-rich polycrystalline clots in calc-alkaline granitic rocks and their enclaves, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1093-1112 [view file]
Enami M, Liou J G, Bird D K (1992) Cl-bearing amphibole in the Salton Sea geothermal system, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1077-1092 [view file]
Zingg A J (1993) Intra- and intercrystalline cation-exchange reactions in zoned calcic amphibole from the Bushveld Complex, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 649-663 [view file]
Samson I M, Blackburn W H, Gagnon J E (1999) Paragenesis and composition of amphibole and biotite in the MacLellan gold deposit, Lynn Lake greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1405-1421 [view file]
Wylie A G, Verkouteren J R (2000) Amphibole asbestos from Libby, Montana: Aspects of nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 85, 1540-1542 [view file]
Zaitsev A N, Chakhmouradian A R (2002) Calcite – amphibole – clinopyroxene rock from the Afrikanda Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia: mineralogy and a possible link to carbonatites. II. Oxysalt minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 103-120 [view file]
Bandli B R, Gunter M E, Twamley B, Foit F F, Cornelius S B (2003) Optical, compositional, morphological, and X-ray data on eleven particles of amphibole from Libby, Montana, U.S.A., The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1241-1253 [view file]
Rinaudo C, Belluso E, Gastaldi D (2004) Assessment of the use of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of amphibole asbestos, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 455-465 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Martin R F (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179 [view file]
Hinchey A M, Carr S D (2007) Protolith composition of cordierite—gedrite basement rocks and garnet amphibolite of the Bearpaw Lake area of the Thor—Odin dome, Monashee Complex, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 607-629 [view file]
Laukamp C, Termin K A, Pejcic B, Haest M, Cudahy T (2012) Vibrational spectroscopy of calcic amphiboles - applications for exploration and mining, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 863-878
Nestola F, Pasqual D, Welch M D, Oberti R (2012) The effects of composition upon the high-pressure behaviour of amphiboles: compression of gedrite to 7 GPa and a comparison with anthophyllite and proto-amphibole, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 987-995 [view file]
Oberti R, Cannillo E, Toscani G (2012) How to name amphiboles after the IMA2012 report: rules of thumb and a new PC program for monoclinic amphiboles, Periodico di Mineralogia, 81, 257-267
Leissner L, Schlüter J, Horn I, Mihailova B (2015) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: I. Amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 100, 2682-2694
Hawthorne F C (2016) Short-range atomic arrangements in minerals. I: The minerals of the amphibole, tourmaline and pyroxene supergroups, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 513-536
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ball N A, Ashley P M (2016) Oxo-mangani-leakeite from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia: occurrence and mineral description, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1013-1021 [view file]
Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712
Danisi R M, Armbruster T (2017) Crystal structure of potassic-mangani-leakeite from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 143-148
Ventura G D, Susta U, Bellatreccia F, Marcelli A, Redhammer G J, Oberti R (2017) Deprotonation of Fe-dominant amphiboles: Single-crystal HT-FTIR spectroscopic studies of synthetic potassic-ferro-richterite, American Mineralogist, 102, 117-125
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E, Revheim O, Bracco R (2018) Clino-suenoite, a newly approved magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 189-198 [view file]

REFERENCES for Amphibole

Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]

Appleyard E C (1975) Silica-poor hastingsitic amphiboles from metasomatic alkaline gneisses at Wolfe, Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 342-351 [view file]

Reddy G L, Murty M S (1975) Amphibolites from Kuderu and Atmakuru areas, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, South India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 205-207 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Grundy H D (1976) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: IV. X-ray and neutron refinements of the crystal structure of tremolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 334-345 [view file]

Ghent E D, Nicholls J, Stout M Z, Rottenfusser B (1977) Clinopyroxene amphibolite boudins from Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 269-282 [view file]

Fleet M E, Barnett R L (1978) Al^iv/Al^vi partitioning in calciferous amphiboles from the Frood mine, Sudbury, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 527-532 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Grundy H D (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of potassian ferri-taramite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 53-62 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. IX. Polyvalent-cation ordering in clinoamphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 521-525 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VI. The stereochemistry of the octahedral strip, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 37-52 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 501-520 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1979) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. X. Refinement of the crystal structure of ferroglaucophane and an ideal polyhedral model for clinoamphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 1-10 [view file]

Stephenson N C N, Hensel H D (1979) Intergrowth calcic and Fe—Mg amphiboles from the Wongwibinda metamorphic complex, N.S.W., Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 11-23 [view file]

Giret A, Bonin B, Leger J M (1980) Amphibole compositional trends in oversaturated and undersaturated alkaline plutonic ring–complexes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 481-495 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Griep J L, Curtis L (1980) A three–amphibole assemblage from the Tallan Lake sill, Peterborough County, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 275-284 [view file]

Thomson M L, Fleet M E, Barnett R L (1981) Amphiboles from the Renzy Lake ultramafic complex, southwestern Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 469-477 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Appendices: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 353-480 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Cation distribution in amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 302-312 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Classification and nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 175-177 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Crystal–structure refinement of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 262-264 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Deformation behavior of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 331-337 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Electrical, magnetic, and elastic properties of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 325-331 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Electronic absorption spectroscopy of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 288-296 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Factors affecting cation ordering, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 312-317 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Formula–unit calculation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 177-184 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: High–temperature crystallography, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 321-325 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Infrared–absorption spectroscopy in the OH region, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 276-288 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Introduction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 173-174 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Mössbauer spectroscopy of amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 264-276 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Miscellaneous spectroscopic methods and amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 296-302 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: Oxidation—dehydroxylation in amphiboles, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 317-321 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: References, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 337-352 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: The amphibole crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 184-213 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles: The M(4) site, A and O(3) sites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 242-262 [view file]

Cressey B A, Whittaker E J W (1984) Magnetic orientation of amphibole fibres, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 669-674 [view file]

Hogarth D D, Lapointe P (1984) Amphibole and pyroxene development in fenite from Cantley, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 281-295 [view file]

Castro A, Stephens W E (1992) Amphibole-rich polycrystalline clots in calc-alkaline granitic rocks and their enclaves, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1093-1112 [view file]

Enami M, Liou J G, Bird D K (1992) Cl-bearing amphibole in the Salton Sea geothermal system, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1077-1092 [view file]

Zingg A J (1993) Intra- and intercrystalline cation-exchange reactions in zoned calcic amphibole from the Bushveld Complex, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 649-663 [view file]

Samson I M, Blackburn W H, Gagnon J E (1999) Paragenesis and composition of amphibole and biotite in the MacLellan gold deposit, Lynn Lake greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1405-1421 [view file]

Wylie A G, Verkouteren J R (2000) Amphibole asbestos from Libby, Montana: Aspects of nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 85, 1540-1542 [view file]

Zaitsev A N, Chakhmouradian A R (2002) Calcite – amphibole – clinopyroxene rock from the Afrikanda Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia: mineralogy and a possible link to carbonatites. II. Oxysalt minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 103-120 [view file]

Bandli B R, Gunter M E, Twamley B, Foit F F, Cornelius S B (2003) Optical, compositional, morphological, and X-ray data on eleven particles of amphibole from Libby, Montana, U.S.A., The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1241-1253 [view file]

Rinaudo C, Belluso E, Gastaldi D (2004) Assessment of the use of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of amphibole asbestos, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 455-465 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Martin R F (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179 [view file]

Hinchey A M, Carr S D (2007) Protolith composition of cordierite—gedrite basement rocks and garnet amphibolite of the Bearpaw Lake area of the Thor—Odin dome, Monashee Complex, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 607-629 [view file]

Laukamp C, Termin K A, Pejcic B, Haest M, Cudahy T (2012) Vibrational spectroscopy of calcic amphiboles - applications for exploration and mining, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 863-878

Nestola F, Pasqual D, Welch M D, Oberti R (2012) The effects of composition upon the high-pressure behaviour of amphiboles: compression of gedrite to 7 GPa and a comparison with anthophyllite and proto-amphibole, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 987-995 [view file]

Oberti R, Cannillo E, Toscani G (2012) How to name amphiboles after the IMA2012 report: rules of thumb and a new PC program for monoclinic amphiboles, Periodico di Mineralogia, 81, 257-267

Leissner L, Schlüter J, Horn I, Mihailova B (2015) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: I. Amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 100, 2682-2694

Hawthorne F C (2016) Short-range atomic arrangements in minerals. I: The minerals of the amphibole, tourmaline and pyroxene supergroups, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 513-536

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ball N A, Ashley P M (2016) Oxo-mangani-leakeite from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia: occurrence and mineral description, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1013-1021 [view file]

Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712

Danisi R M, Armbruster T (2017) Crystal structure of potassic-mangani-leakeite from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 143-148

Ventura G D, Susta U, Bellatreccia F, Marcelli A, Redhammer G J, Oberti R (2017) Deprotonation of Fe-dominant amphiboles: Single-crystal HT-FTIR spectroscopic studies of synthetic potassic-ferro-richterite, American Mineralogist, 102, 117-125

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E, Revheim O, Bracco R (2018) Clino-suenoite, a newly approved magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 189-198 [view file]