,32.2531,-110.948 R070265 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Mozartite R070265

Name: Mozartite
RRUFF ID: R070265
Ideal Chemistry: CaMn³⁺(SiO₄)(OH)
Locality: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
Source: Michael Scott S106023 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red to very dark red short prismatic striated crystals associated with datolite, calcite, hausmannite, and pectolite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Adelite (19) ]

Quick search: [ All Mozartite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070265.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.00Mn³⁺_1.00Si_1.00O₄(OH); = dark phase, trace amounts of Fe and Al; OH estimated by charge balance : Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄ (light phase = hausmannite)
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:

R070265

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070265.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.835(2)Å b: 7.221(2)Å c: 8.700(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 366.59(8)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 Mozartite
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]
Basso R, Lucchetti G, Zefiro L, Palenzona A (1993) Mozartite, CaMn(OH)SiO₄, a new mineral species from the Cerchiara Mine, Northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 331-336 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 387-391 [view file]
Nyfeler D, Hoffmann C, Armbruster T, Kunz M, Libowitzky E (1997) Orthorhombic Jahn-Teller distortion and Si-OH in mozartite, CaMn³⁺O[SiO₃OH]: a single crystal X-ray, FTIR, and structure modeling study, American Mineralogist, 82, 841-848 [view file]

REFERENCES for Mozartite

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]

Basso R, Lucchetti G, Zefiro L, Palenzona A (1993) Mozartite, CaMn(OH)SiO₄, a new mineral species from the Cerchiara Mine, Northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 331-336 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 387-391 [view file]

Nyfeler D, Hoffmann C, Armbruster T, Kunz M, Libowitzky E (1997) Orthorhombic Jahn-Teller distortion and Si-OH in mozartite, CaMn³⁺O[SiO₃OH]: a single crystal X-ray, FTIR, and structure modeling study, American Mineralogist, 82, 841-848 [view file]