) R050486 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Trilithionite R050486

Name: Trilithionite
RRUFF ID: R050486
Ideal Chemistry: KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂
Locality: Cotopaxie, Colorado, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology W-21082
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Microcrystalline massive, no visible indication of foliation, polytype 1M
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050486.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.98Ca_0.02)(Li_0.53Al_0.47)₃(Si_0.79Al_0.21)₄O₁₀(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050486

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050486.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050486.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.192(1)Å b: 8.971(2)Å c: 10.240(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 101.58(1)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 467.2(1)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Trilithionite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481
Marchal K L, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Webber K L, Roda-Robles E (2014) Geochemistry, mineralogy, and evolution of Li-Al micas and feldspars from the Mount Mica pegmatite, Maine, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 221-233
Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33

REFERENCES for Trilithionite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481

Marchal K L, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Webber K L, Roda-Robles E (2014) Geochemistry, mineralogy, and evolution of Li-Al micas and feldspars from the Mount Mica pegmatite, Maine, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 221-233

Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33