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Augite R061086

Name: Augite
RRUFF ID: R061086
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆
Locality: Boreslav, Teplitz, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Source: Michael Scott S101798 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black to dark green tabular euhedral crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

Quick search: [ All Augite samples (7) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061086.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.88Mg_0.83Fe_0.13Al_0.08Na_0.04Ti_0.03Cr_0.01)_Σ=2(Si_1.89Al_0.11)_Σ=2O₆
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

M00179

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061086

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R061086.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061086.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.7440(6)Å b: 8.8954(5)Å c: 5.2725(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 106.098(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 439.08(3)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.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Augite
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]
Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Augites, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 406-406 [view file]
Gimma G (1730) Del nome, del colore, e dello spezie della Turchina, in Della Storia Naturale Delle Gemme, Delle Pietre E Di Tutti I Minerali, Ovvero Della Fisica Sotterranea, volume 1 Muzio Napoli 280-282 [view file]
Werner A G (1792) Geognostische Beobachtungen, auf einer Reife durch einen Theil des böhmischen Mittelgebirges, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 215-266 [view file]
Emmerling L A (1793) Olivin, in Lehrbuch der Mineralogie Georg Friedrich Heyer Giessen 35-43 [view file]
Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]
Washington H S, Merwin H E (1927) The acmitic pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 12, 233-252 [view file]
Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752
Aleksandrov K S, Ryzhova T V, Belikov B P (1964) The elastic properties of pyroxenes, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 589-591 [view file]
Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]
Rutstein M S, Yund R A (1969) Unit-cell parameters of synthetic diopside-hedenbergite solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 54, 238-245 [view file]
Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal structure refinement and optical properties of a Ti³⁺ fassaite from the Allende Meteorite, American Mineralogist, 58, 230-242 [view file]
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]
Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]
Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Ballaran T B, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (1998) Structural mechanisms of solid solution and cation ordering in augite-jadeite pyroxenes: I. A macroscopic perspective, American Mineralogist, 83, 419-433
Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]
Bindi L, Safonov O G, Yapaskurt V O, Perchuk L L, Menchetti S (2003) Ultrapotassic clinopyroxene from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond mine, Kokchetav Complex, Kazakhstan: occurrence, composition and crystal-chemical characterization, American Mineralogist, 88, 464-468 [view file]
Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154
Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114
Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485
Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]
Ferrari S, Nestola F, Massironi M, Maturilli A, Helbert J, Alvaro M, Domenghetti M C, Zorzi F (2014) In-situ high-temperature emissivity spectra and thermal expansion of C2/c pyroxenes: Implications for the surface of Mercury, American Mineralogist, 99, 786-792
Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178
Murri M, Scandolo L, Fioretti A M, Nestola F, Domeneghetti C M, Alvaro M (2016) The role of Fe content on the Fe-Mg exchange reaction in augite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2747-2750
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918
Xu J, Zhang D, Dera P, Zhang B, Fan D (2017) Experimental evidence for the survival of augite to transition zone depths, and implications for subduction zone dynamics, American Mineralogist, 102, 1516-1524
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]

REFERENCES for Augite

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]

Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Augites, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 406-406 [view file]

Gimma G (1730) Del nome, del colore, e dello spezie della Turchina, in Della Storia Naturale Delle Gemme, Delle Pietre E Di Tutti I Minerali, Ovvero Della Fisica Sotterranea, volume 1 Muzio Napoli 280-282 [view file]

Werner A G (1792) Geognostische Beobachtungen, auf einer Reife durch einen Theil des böhmischen Mittelgebirges, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 215-266 [view file]

Emmerling L A (1793) Olivin, in Lehrbuch der Mineralogie Georg Friedrich Heyer Giessen 35-43 [view file]

Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]

Washington H S, Merwin H E (1927) The acmitic pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 12, 233-252 [view file]

Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752

Aleksandrov K S, Ryzhova T V, Belikov B P (1964) The elastic properties of pyroxenes, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 589-591 [view file]

Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]

Rutstein M S, Yund R A (1969) Unit-cell parameters of synthetic diopside-hedenbergite solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 54, 238-245 [view file]

Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal structure refinement and optical properties of a Ti³⁺ fassaite from the Allende Meteorite, American Mineralogist, 58, 230-242 [view file]

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]

Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]

Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Ballaran T B, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (1998) Structural mechanisms of solid solution and cation ordering in augite-jadeite pyroxenes: I. A macroscopic perspective, American Mineralogist, 83, 419-433

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]

Bindi L, Safonov O G, Yapaskurt V O, Perchuk L L, Menchetti S (2003) Ultrapotassic clinopyroxene from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond mine, Kokchetav Complex, Kazakhstan: occurrence, composition and crystal-chemical characterization, American Mineralogist, 88, 464-468 [view file]

Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154

Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114

Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485

Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]

Ferrari S, Nestola F, Massironi M, Maturilli A, Helbert J, Alvaro M, Domenghetti M C, Zorzi F (2014) In-situ high-temperature emissivity spectra and thermal expansion of C2/c pyroxenes: Implications for the surface of Mercury, American Mineralogist, 99, 786-792

Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178

Murri M, Scandolo L, Fioretti A M, Nestola F, Domeneghetti C M, Alvaro M (2016) The role of Fe content on the Fe-Mg exchange reaction in augite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2747-2750

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918

Xu J, Zhang D, Dera P, Zhang B, Fan D (2017) Experimental evidence for the survival of augite to transition zone depths, and implications for subduction zone dynamics, American Mineralogist, 102, 1516-1524

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]