) R060729 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Rajite R060729

Name: Rajite
RRUFF ID: R060729
Ideal Chemistry: CuTe⁴⁺₂O₅
Locality: Lone Pine mine, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bundles of green to white bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060729.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_0.930Fe²⁺_0.055Cr_0.010◻_0.005)_Σ=1Te⁴⁺_2.00O₅
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060729

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060729.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.868(1)Å b: 9.329(2)Å c: 7.600(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 109.09(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 460.1(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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Rajite
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]
Hanke K, Kupčik V, Lindqvist O (1978) The crystal structure of CuTe₂O₅, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 963-970
Fleischer M, Burns R G, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Hogarth D D, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 1329-1334 [view file]
Williams S A (1979) Rajite, naturally occuring cupric pyrotellurite, a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 91-92 [view file]
Frost R L, Dickfos M J, Keeffe E C (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of the tellurite minerals: rajite and denningite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A71, 1512-1515

REFERENCES for Rajite

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]

Hanke K, Kupčik V, Lindqvist O (1978) The crystal structure of CuTe₂O₅, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 963-970

Fleischer M, Burns R G, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Hogarth D D, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 1329-1334 [view file]

Williams S A (1979) Rajite, naturally occuring cupric pyrotellurite, a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 91-92 [view file]

Frost R L, Dickfos M J, Keeffe E C (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of the tellurite minerals: rajite and denningite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A71, 1512-1515