,32.2531,-110.948 R060316 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Rhönite R060316

Name: Rhönite
RRUFF ID: R060316
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]
Locality: Nickenicher Sattel, Laacher See District, Eifel, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S100202 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Sapphirine (12) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060316.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_1.53Na_0.47)_Σ=2(Mg_2.90Fe³⁺_2.02Fe²⁺_0.43Ti_0.57Mn_0.07Cr_0.01)_Σ=6(Si_3.30Al_2.70)_Σ=6O₂₀ ; Fe2 and Fe3 estimated by charge balance
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:

R060316

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:

R060316.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.380(3)Å b: 10.765(3)Å c: 8.882(3)Å
alpha: 105.95(2)° beta: 96.00(2)° gamma: 124.83(2)° Volume: 739.0(2)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Rhönite
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]
Soellner J (1907) Ueber Rhönit, ein neues änigmatitähnliches Mineral und über das Vorkommen und die Verbreitung desselben in basaltischen Gesteinen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 24, 475-547 [view file]
Cameron K L (1970) Rhönite from Big Bend National Park, Texas, American Mineralogist, 55, 864-874 [view file]
Stout J H, Johnston A D (1985) Compositional variation of naturally occurring rhoenite, American Mineralogist, 70, 1211-1216 [view file]
Bonaccorsi E, Merlino S, Pasero M (1990) Rhönite: structural and microstructural features, crystal chemistry and polysomatic relationships, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 203-218
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 665-671 [view file]
Burt D M (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to hogtuvaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 449-457 [view file]
Jensen B B (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 982-986 [view file]
Kunzmann T (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 743-756 [view file]
Grew E S, Hålenius U, Pasero M, Barbier J (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite group (sapphirine supergroup), Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 839-876 [view file]
Treiman A H (2008) Rhönite in Luna 24 pyroxenes: First find from the Moon, and implications for volatiles in planetary magmas, American Mineralogist, 93, 488-491 [view file]
Peretyazhko I S, Savina E A, Khromova E A (2017) Minerals of the rhönite-kuratite series in paralavas from a new combustion metamorphic complex in the Choir-Nyalga basin (Central Mongolia): composition, mineral assemblages and formation conditions, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 949-974
Kong F, Schertl H, Zhao L, Li X, Liu X (2020) Rhönite in Cenozoic alkali basalt from Changle, Shandong Province, China, and its significance, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 325-346

REFERENCES for Rhönite

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]

Soellner J (1907) Ueber Rhönit, ein neues änigmatitähnliches Mineral und über das Vorkommen und die Verbreitung desselben in basaltischen Gesteinen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 24, 475-547 [view file]

Cameron K L (1970) Rhönite from Big Bend National Park, Texas, American Mineralogist, 55, 864-874 [view file]

Stout J H, Johnston A D (1985) Compositional variation of naturally occurring rhoenite, American Mineralogist, 70, 1211-1216 [view file]

Bonaccorsi E, Merlino S, Pasero M (1990) Rhönite: structural and microstructural features, crystal chemistry and polysomatic relationships, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 203-218

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 665-671 [view file]

Burt D M (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to hogtuvaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 449-457 [view file]

Jensen B B (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 982-986 [view file]

Kunzmann T (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 743-756 [view file]

Grew E S, Hålenius U, Pasero M, Barbier J (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite group (sapphirine supergroup), Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 839-876 [view file]

Treiman A H (2008) Rhönite in Luna 24 pyroxenes: First find from the Moon, and implications for volatiles in planetary magmas, American Mineralogist, 93, 488-491 [view file]

Peretyazhko I S, Savina E A, Khromova E A (2017) Minerals of the rhönite-kuratite series in paralavas from a new combustion metamorphic complex in the Choir-Nyalga basin (Central Mongolia): composition, mineral assemblages and formation conditions, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 949-974

Kong F, Schertl H, Zhao L, Li X, Liu X (2020) Rhönite in Cenozoic alkali basalt from Changle, Shandong Province, China, and its significance, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 325-346