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Strontianite R040037

Name: Strontianite
RRUFF ID: R040037
Ideal Chemistry: Sr(CO₃)
Locality: Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7934 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of tan colored crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Aragonite (18) ]

Quick search: [ All Strontianite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040037.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Sr_0.91Ca_0.09)_Σ=1CO₃; CO₂ estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00367

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:

R040037

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040037.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040037.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.0928(2)Å b: 8.3654(4)Å c: 6.0020(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 255.71(2)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Strontianite
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]
Sulzer R (1791) Ueber den Strontianit, ein Schottisches Fossil, das ebenfalls eine neue Grunderde zu enthalten scheint, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 433-435 [view file]
Klaproth M H (1797) Noch einige Erfahrungen über Witherit und Strontianit, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 84-91 [view file]
Stromeyer F (1816) Analyse des sels de strontiane et de quelques mineraux, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3, 395-403 [view file]
Zachariasen W H (1928) Untersuchungen über die Kristallstruktur von Sesquioxyden und Verbindungen ABO₃, Skrifter Utgitt av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, 1, 1-165 [view file]
Larsen E S, Fletcher M H, Cisney E A (1952) Strontian Apatite, American Mineralogist, 37, 656-658 [view file]
Pannhorst W, Löhn J (1970) Zur kristallstruktur von strontianit, SrCO₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 455-459 [view file]
De Villiers J P R (1971) Crystal structures of aragonite, strontianite, and witherite, American Mineralogist, 56, 758-772 [view file]
Blount C (1974) Synthesis of barite, celestite, anglesite, witherite, and strontianite from aqueous solutions, American Mineralogist, 59, 1209-1219 [view file]
Alía J M, Díaz de Mera Y D, Edwards H G M, Martín P G, Andrés S L (1997) FT-Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of aragonite-strontianite (Ca_xSr_1-xCO₃) solid solution, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 53, 2347-2362 [link]
Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [view file]
Antao S M, Hassan I (2009) The orthorhombic structure of CaCO₃, SrCO₃, PbCO₃ and BaCO₃: Linear structural trends, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1245-1255 [view file]
Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]
Ye Y, Smyth J R, Boni P (2012) Crystal structure and thermal expansion of aragonite-group carbonates by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 97, 707-712 [view file]
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233
Biedermann N, Bykova E, Morgenroth W, Efthimiopoulos I, Mueller J, Spiekermann G, Glazyrin K, Pakhomova A, Appel K, Wilke M (2020) Equation of state and high-pressure phase behaviour of SrCO₃, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 575-586

REFERENCES for Strontianite

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]

Sulzer R (1791) Ueber den Strontianit, ein Schottisches Fossil, das ebenfalls eine neue Grunderde zu enthalten scheint, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 433-435 [view file]

Klaproth M H (1797) Noch einige Erfahrungen über Witherit und Strontianit, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 84-91 [view file]

Stromeyer F (1816) Analyse des sels de strontiane et de quelques mineraux, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3, 395-403 [view file]

Zachariasen W H (1928) Untersuchungen über die Kristallstruktur von Sesquioxyden und Verbindungen ABO₃, Skrifter Utgitt av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, 1, 1-165 [view file]

Larsen E S, Fletcher M H, Cisney E A (1952) Strontian Apatite, American Mineralogist, 37, 656-658 [view file]

Pannhorst W, Löhn J (1970) Zur kristallstruktur von strontianit, SrCO₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 455-459 [view file]

De Villiers J P R (1971) Crystal structures of aragonite, strontianite, and witherite, American Mineralogist, 56, 758-772 [view file]

Blount C (1974) Synthesis of barite, celestite, anglesite, witherite, and strontianite from aqueous solutions, American Mineralogist, 59, 1209-1219 [view file]

Alía J M, Díaz de Mera Y D, Edwards H G M, Martín P G, Andrés S L (1997) FT-Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of aragonite-strontianite (Ca_xSr_1-xCO₃) solid solution, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 53, 2347-2362 [link]

Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [view file]

Antao S M, Hassan I (2009) The orthorhombic structure of CaCO₃, SrCO₃, PbCO₃ and BaCO₃: Linear structural trends, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1245-1255 [view file]

Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]

Ye Y, Smyth J R, Boni P (2012) Crystal structure and thermal expansion of aragonite-group carbonates by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 97, 707-712 [view file]

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

Biedermann N, Bykova E, Morgenroth W, Efthimiopoulos I, Mueller J, Spiekermann G, Glazyrin K, Pakhomova A, Appel K, Wilke M (2020) Equation of state and high-pressure phase behaviour of SrCO₃, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 575-586