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Collinsite R060140

Name: Collinsite
RRUFF ID: R060140
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O
Locality: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Mark Mauthner
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Platy, colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Collinsite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060140.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_2.00(Mg_0.63Fe²⁺_0.34Mn_0.03)_Σ=1(P_1.00O₄)₂·2H₂O ; = darker phase. The lighter phase is: Ca_2.00(Mg_0.58Fe²⁺_0.38Mn_0.04)_Σ=1(P_1.00O₄)₂·2H₂O
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:

R060140

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060140.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.729(2)Å b: 6.784(3)Å c: 5.455(2)Å
alpha: 97.28(2)° beta: 108.51(2)° gamma: 107.24(2)° Volume: 186.2(1)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

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

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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Collinsite
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]
Poitevin E (1927) A new Canadian occurrence of phosphorite from near Francois Lake, British Columbia, Canada Department of Mines, Bulletin, 46, 2-12 [view file]
Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 201-202 [view file]
Bridge P J, Pryce M W (1974) Magnesian collinsite from Milgun Station, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 577-579 [view file]
Brotherton P D, Maslen E N, Pryce M W, White A H (1974) Crystal structure of collinsite, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 27, 653-656
Hill R J, Milnes A R (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 684-695 [view file]
Liferovich R P, Pakhomovsky Y A, Bagdanova A N, Balaganskaya E G, Laajoki K V O, Gehör S, Chukanov N V (2001) Collinsite in hydrothermal assemblages related to carbonatites in the Kovdor complex, northeastern Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1081-1094 [view file]
Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443
Herwig S, Hawthorne F C (2006) The topology of hydrogen bonding in brandtite, collinsite and fairfieldite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1181-1196 [view file]

REFERENCES for Collinsite

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]

Poitevin E (1927) A new Canadian occurrence of phosphorite from near Francois Lake, British Columbia, Canada Department of Mines, Bulletin, 46, 2-12 [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 201-202 [view file]

Bridge P J, Pryce M W (1974) Magnesian collinsite from Milgun Station, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 577-579 [view file]

Brotherton P D, Maslen E N, Pryce M W, White A H (1974) Crystal structure of collinsite, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 27, 653-656

Hill R J, Milnes A R (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 684-695 [view file]

Liferovich R P, Pakhomovsky Y A, Bagdanova A N, Balaganskaya E G, Laajoki K V O, Gehör S, Chukanov N V (2001) Collinsite in hydrothermal assemblages related to carbonatites in the Kovdor complex, northeastern Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1081-1094 [view file]

Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443

Herwig S, Hawthorne F C (2006) The topology of hydrogen bonding in brandtite, collinsite and fairfieldite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1181-1196 [view file]