(oh,f,cl)-dominant amphiboles R060391 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Macfallite R060391

Name: Macfallite
RRUFF ID: R060391
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Mn³⁺₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃
Locality: near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100092 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish-brown radial aggregate of bladed crystals associated with braunite, quartz, calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060391.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060391

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060391.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.20(1)Å b: 6.085(5)Å c: 8.966(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 110.91(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 519.7(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Macfallite
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]
Moore P B, Ito J, Steele I M (1979) Macfallite and orientite: calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 325-331 [view file]
Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 406-408 [view file]
Moore P B, Shen J, Araki T (1985) Crystal chemistry of the ²_∞[M³⁺₂Φ₂(TO₄)₂] sheet: structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite, American Mineralogist, 70, 171-181 [view file]
Nagashima M, Rahmoun N S, Alekseev E V, Geiger C A, Armbruster T, Akasaka M (2008) Crystal chemistry of macfallite: Relationships to sursassite and pumpellyite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1851-1857 [view file]
Nagashima M (2011) Pumpellyite-, sursassite-, and epidote-type structures: common principles-individual features, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 106, 211-222

REFERENCES for Macfallite

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]

Moore P B, Ito J, Steele I M (1979) Macfallite and orientite: calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 325-331 [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 406-408 [view file]

Moore P B, Shen J, Araki T (1985) Crystal chemistry of the ²_∞[M³⁺₂Φ₂(TO₄)₂] sheet: structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite, American Mineralogist, 70, 171-181 [view file]

Nagashima M, Rahmoun N S, Alekseev E V, Geiger C A, Armbruster T, Akasaka M (2008) Crystal chemistry of macfallite: Relationships to sursassite and pumpellyite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1851-1857 [view file]

Nagashima M (2011) Pumpellyite-, sursassite-, and epidote-type structures: common principles-individual features, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 106, 211-222