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Spodumene R040050

Name: Spodumene
RRUFF ID: R040050
Ideal Chemistry: LiAlSi₂O₆
Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12098 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale pink fragment of a single crystal, variety kunzite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040050.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Li_0.99Na_0.01)Al_1.00Si_2.00O₆

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin

Pin ID:

L00235

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040050

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040050.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040050.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.4638(3)Å b: 8.3909(2)Å c: 5.2178(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 110.168(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 388.94(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Spodumene
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]
d’Andrada J B (1800) Der Eigenschaften und Kennzeichen einiger neuen Fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen nebst einigen chemischen Bemerkungen über dieselben, Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 4, 28-39 [view file]
d’Andrada J B (1801) Description of some new fossils (Old English translation), A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, 5, 193-196; 211-213 [view file]
Baskerville C, Kunz G F (1904) Kunzite and its unique properties, American Journal of Science, 18, 25-28 [view file]
Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]
Davis R O E (1904) Analysis of kunzite, American Journal of Science, 18, 29-29 [view file]
Megathlin G R (1928) Spodumeme and autunite from Alsead, New Hampshire, American Mineralogist, 13, 578-579 [view file]
Li C T, Peacor D R (1968) The crystal structure LiAlSi₂O₆-II (“β spodumene”), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 46-65 [view file]
Li C T (1968) The crystal structure of LiAlSi₂O₆ III (high-quartz solid solution), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 327-348 [view file]
Clarke P T, Spink J M (1969) The crystal structure of β spodumene LiAlSi₂O₆-II, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 420-426 [view file]
Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]
Černý P, Ferguson R B (1972) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. IV. Petalite and spodumene relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 660-678 [view file]
Černý P (1972) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. VIII. Secondary minerals from the spodumene-rich zones, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 714-726 [view file]
Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite, American Mineralogist, 58, 594-618 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Morimoto N (1989) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 143-156 [view file]
Charoy B, Lhote F, Dusausoy Y (1992) The crystal chemistry of spodumene in some granitic aplite-pegmatite of northern Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 639-651 [view file]
Scanu T, Guglielmi J, Colomban P (1994) Ion exchange and hot corrosion of ceramic composites matrices - A vibrational and microstructural study, Solid State Ionics, 70, 109-120 [link]
Charoy B, Noronha F, Lima A (2001) Spodumene – petalite – eucryptite: mutual relationships and pattern of alteration in Li-rich aplite-pegmatite dykes from northern Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 729-746 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Pommier C J S, Denton M B, Downs R T (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of spodumene (LiAlSi₂O₆) through the pressure-induced phase change from C2/c to P2₁/c, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 769-775
Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Prencipe M, Rundlof H (2003) A single-crystal neutron-diffraction investigation of spodumene at 54 K, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 521-527 [view file]
Gatta G D, Boffa Ballaran T, Iezzi G (2005) High-pressure X-ray and Raman study of a ferrian magnesian spodumene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 132-139
Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]
Pagliai M, Miranda M M, Cardini G, Schettino V (2011) Raman and infrared spectra of minerals from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations: the spodumene crystal, Journal of Molecular Structure, 993, 151-154
Iezzi G, Bromiley G D, Cavallo A, Das P P, Karavassili F, Margiolaki I, Stewart A A, Tribaudino M, Wright J P (2016) Solid solution along the synthetic LiAlSi₂O₆-LiFeSi₂O₆ (spodumene-ferri-spodumene) join: A general picture of solid solutions, bond lengths, lattice strains, steric effects, symmetries, and chemical compositions of Li clinopyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 101, 2498-2513
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
O'Bannon E, Williams Q (2016) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of spodumene at high pressures: Effects of site geometry, a phase transition, and a level-crossing, American Mineralogist, 101, 1406-1413
Dias F, Lima A, Roda-Robles E (2019) Mutual relationships between spodumene and petalite from the Iberian massif pegmatites: More than PT changes?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 731-732
Simmons W B, Falster A U, Nizamoff J W, Freeman G (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 795-797
Ding X, Li J, Chou I, Chen Z, Li S. (2020) Raman spectroscopic identification of cookeite in the crystal-rich inclusions in spodumene from the Jiajika lithium pegmatite deposit, China, and its geological implications, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 67-75 [view file]

REFERENCES for Spodumene

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]

d’Andrada J B (1800) Der Eigenschaften und Kennzeichen einiger neuen Fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen nebst einigen chemischen Bemerkungen über dieselben, Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 4, 28-39 [view file]

d’Andrada J B (1801) Description of some new fossils (Old English translation), A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, 5, 193-196; 211-213 [view file]

Baskerville C, Kunz G F (1904) Kunzite and its unique properties, American Journal of Science, 18, 25-28 [view file]

Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]

Davis R O E (1904) Analysis of kunzite, American Journal of Science, 18, 29-29 [view file]

Megathlin G R (1928) Spodumeme and autunite from Alsead, New Hampshire, American Mineralogist, 13, 578-579 [view file]

Li C T, Peacor D R (1968) The crystal structure LiAlSi₂O₆-II (“β spodumene”), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 46-65 [view file]

Li C T (1968) The crystal structure of LiAlSi₂O₆ III (high-quartz solid solution), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 327-348 [view file]

Clarke P T, Spink J M (1969) The crystal structure of β spodumene LiAlSi₂O₆-II, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 420-426 [view file]

Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]

Černý P, Ferguson R B (1972) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. IV. Petalite and spodumene relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 660-678 [view file]

Černý P (1972) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. VIII. Secondary minerals from the spodumene-rich zones, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 714-726 [view file]

Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite, American Mineralogist, 58, 594-618 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Morimoto N (1989) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 143-156 [view file]

Charoy B, Lhote F, Dusausoy Y (1992) The crystal chemistry of spodumene in some granitic aplite-pegmatite of northern Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 639-651 [view file]

Scanu T, Guglielmi J, Colomban P (1994) Ion exchange and hot corrosion of ceramic composites matrices - A vibrational and microstructural study, Solid State Ionics, 70, 109-120 [link]

Charoy B, Noronha F, Lima A (2001) Spodumene – petalite – eucryptite: mutual relationships and pattern of alteration in Li-rich aplite-pegmatite dykes from northern Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 729-746 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Pommier C J S, Denton M B, Downs R T (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of spodumene (LiAlSi₂O₆) through the pressure-induced phase change from C2/c to P2₁/c, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 769-775

Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Prencipe M, Rundlof H (2003) A single-crystal neutron-diffraction investigation of spodumene at 54 K, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 521-527 [view file]

Gatta G D, Boffa Ballaran T, Iezzi G (2005) High-pressure X-ray and Raman study of a ferrian magnesian spodumene, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 132-139

Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]

Pagliai M, Miranda M M, Cardini G, Schettino V (2011) Raman and infrared spectra of minerals from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations: the spodumene crystal, Journal of Molecular Structure, 993, 151-154

Iezzi G, Bromiley G D, Cavallo A, Das P P, Karavassili F, Margiolaki I, Stewart A A, Tribaudino M, Wright J P (2016) Solid solution along the synthetic LiAlSi₂O₆-LiFeSi₂O₆ (spodumene-ferri-spodumene) join: A general picture of solid solutions, bond lengths, lattice strains, steric effects, symmetries, and chemical compositions of Li clinopyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 101, 2498-2513

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

O'Bannon E, Williams Q (2016) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of spodumene at high pressures: Effects of site geometry, a phase transition, and a level-crossing, American Mineralogist, 101, 1406-1413

Dias F, Lima A, Roda-Robles E (2019) Mutual relationships between spodumene and petalite from the Iberian massif pegmatites: More than PT changes?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 731-732

Simmons W B, Falster A U, Nizamoff J W, Freeman G (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 795-797

Ding X, Li J, Chou I, Chen Z, Li S. (2020) Raman spectroscopic identification of cookeite in the crystal-rich inclusions in spodumene from the Jiajika lithium pegmatite deposit, China, and its geological implications, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 67-75 [view file]