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Gadolinite-(Y) R060351

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Name: Gadolinite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R060351
Ideal Chemistry: Y2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2
Locality: Hittero, Vest-Agder, Norway
Source: Herb Obodda 031 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown vitreous fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Gadolinite (18) ]
Quick search: [ All Gadolinite-(Y) samples (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060351.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Be2.00Fe2+1.00(Y1.75Nd0.14Ce0.09La0.02)Σ=2Si2.00O10; trace amounts of Ca and Sm; Be not measured but assumed by stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060351
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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: R060351.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.85(1)Å    b: 7.71(2)Å    c: 10.16(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.43(5)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 380(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gadolinite-(Y)

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]

Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100   [view file]

Klaproth M H (1802) Chemische Untersuchung des Gadolinits, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 3, 52-79   [view file]

Jameson R (1805) Gadolinite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 570-572   [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710   [view file]

Pavlov P V, Belov N V (1959) The structures of herderite, datolite, and gadolinite determined by direct methods, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 4, 300-314   [view file]

Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158   [view file]

Miyawaki R, Nakai I, Nagashima K (1984) A refinement of the crystal structure of gadolinite, American Mineralogist, 69, 948-953   [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]

Holtstam D, Andersson U B (2007) The REE minerals of the Bastnäs-type deposits, south-central Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 1073-1114   [view file]

Camara F, Oberti R, Ottolini L, Ventura G D, Bellatreccia F (2008) The crystal chemistry of Li in gadolinite, American Mineralogist, 93, 996-1004   [view file]

Bačík P, Miyawaki R, Atencio D, Cámara F, Fridrichová (2017) Nomenclature of the gadolinite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 1067-1082