) R100108 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Monticellite R100108

Name: Monticellite
RRUFF ID: R100108
Ideal Chemistry: CaMg(SiO₄)
Locality: Oka, Deux-montagnes County, Quebec, Canada
Source: American Museum of Natural History 29740 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale brown transparent fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R100108.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.959Mg_0.474Mn⁺²_0.305Fe⁺²_0.268Zn_0.002)_Σ=2.008Si_0.996O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100108

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:

R100108.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.8635(8)Å b: 11.124(2)Å c: 6.427(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 347.69(9)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Monticellite
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]
Brooke H J (1831) On monticellite, a new species of mineral; on the character of zoizite; and on cupreous sulphate of lead, Philosophical Magazine, 10, 265-268 [view file]
Schaller W T (1935) Monticellite from San Bernardino County, California, and the monticellite series, American Mineralogist, 20, 815-827 [view file]
Onken H (1964) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von monticellit, Naturwissenschaften, 51, 334-335
Warner R D, Luth W C (1973) Two-phase data for the join monticellite (CaMgSiO₄) - forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄): experimental results and numerical analysis, American Mineralogist, 58, 998-1008 [view file]
Kimata M, Nishida N (1987) The crystal structure of Co-monticellite Ca_1.255Co_0.745SiO₄ and its significance as a solid solution crystal, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 160-170
Sharp Z D, Hazen R M, Finger L W (1987) High-pressure crystal chemistry of monticellite, CaMgSiO₄, American Mineralogist, 72, 748-755 [view file]
Chopelas A (1991) Single crystal Raman spectra of forsterite, fayalite, and monticellite, American Mineralogist, 76, 1101-1109 [view file]
Pilati T, Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M (1995) Thermal parameters for minerals of the olivine group: their implication on vibrational spectra, thermodynamic functions and transferable force fields, Acta Crystallographica, B51, 721-733
Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file]

REFERENCES for Monticellite

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]

Brooke H J (1831) On monticellite, a new species of mineral; on the character of zoizite; and on cupreous sulphate of lead, Philosophical Magazine, 10, 265-268 [view file]

Schaller W T (1935) Monticellite from San Bernardino County, California, and the monticellite series, American Mineralogist, 20, 815-827 [view file]

Onken H (1964) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von monticellit, Naturwissenschaften, 51, 334-335

Warner R D, Luth W C (1973) Two-phase data for the join monticellite (CaMgSiO₄) - forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄): experimental results and numerical analysis, American Mineralogist, 58, 998-1008 [view file]

Kimata M, Nishida N (1987) The crystal structure of Co-monticellite Ca_1.255Co_0.745SiO₄ and its significance as a solid solution crystal, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 160-170

Sharp Z D, Hazen R M, Finger L W (1987) High-pressure crystal chemistry of monticellite, CaMgSiO₄, American Mineralogist, 72, 748-755 [view file]

Chopelas A (1991) Single crystal Raman spectra of forsterite, fayalite, and monticellite, American Mineralogist, 76, 1101-1109 [view file]

Pilati T, Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M (1995) Thermal parameters for minerals of the olivine group: their implication on vibrational spectra, thermodynamic functions and transferable force fields, Acta Crystallographica, B51, 721-733

Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file]