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Struvite R050511

Name: Struvite
RRUFF ID: R050511
Ideal Chemistry: (NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O
Locality: Hamburg, Germany
Source: American Museum of Natural History 15490 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless with a brown tint, cleavage fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Struvite (3) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050511.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(NH₄)(Mg_0.85Fe²⁺_0.12Mn_0.02Ca_0.01)_Σ=1(P_1.00O₄)·6H₂O ; NH₄ not measured but assumed by charge balance

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050511

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:

R050511.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050511.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.9464(5)Å b: 6.1390(9)Å c: 11.2142(6)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 478.22(6)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Struvite
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]
Ulex G L (1847) Struvit, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1847, 32-33 [view file]
Ulex G L (1851) Über Struveit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde, 1851, 51-59 [view file]
MacIvor R W E (1887) On Australian bat guano and some minerals occurring therein, The Chemical News, 55, 215-216 [view file]
MacIvor R W E (1902) On minerals occurring in Australian bat guano, The Chemical News, 85, 181-182 [view file]
Frondel C, Prien E L (1942) Carbonate-apatite and hydroxyl-apatite in urinary calculi, Science, 95, 431-431
Whitaker A, Jeffery J W (1970) The crystal structure of struvite, MgNH₄PO₄.6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 1429-1440
Ferraris G, Franchini-Angela M (1973) Hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state. Refinement of the crystal structure of MgNH₄AsO₄·6(H₂O), arsenstruvite, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 859-863
Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1973) Well-developed growth zoning in a struvite bladder stone, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 985-990 [view file]
Abbona F, Calleri M, Ivaldi G (1984) Synthetic struvite, MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O: Correct polarity and surface features of some complementary forms, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 223-227
Ferraris G, Fuess H, Joswig W (1986) Neutron diffraction study of MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O (struvite) and survey of water molecules donating short hydrogen bonds, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 253-258
Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]
Stefov V, Šoptrajanov B, Spirovski F, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. I. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 689, 1-10
Frost R L, Weier M L, Martens W N, Henry D A, Mills S J (2005) Raman spectroscopy of newberyite, hannayite and struvite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 62, 181-188
Stefov V, Šoptrajanov B, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2005) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. III. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 752, 60-67
Cahil A, Šoptrajanov B, Najdoski M, Lutz H D, Engelen B, Stefov V (2008) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. Part VI: FT-IR spectra of isomorphously isolated species. NH₄⁺ ions isolated in MKPO₄·6H₂O (M = Mg; Ni) and PO₄^3- ions isolated in MgNH₄AsO₄·6H₂O, Journal of Molecular Structure, 876, 255-259
Sun W D, Wang J Y, Zhang K C, Wang X L (2010) Study on precipitation of struvite and struvite-K crystal in goats during onset of urolithiasis, Research in Veterinary Science, 88, 461-466
Chauhan C K, Vyas P M, Joshi M J (2011) Growth and characterization of struvite-K crystals, Crystal Research and Technology, 46, 187-194
Suguna K, Thenmozhi M, Sekar C (2012) Growth, spectral, structural and mechanical properties of struvite crystal grown in presence of sodium fluoride, Bulletin of Materials Science, 35, 701-706
Yang H, Martinelli L, Tasso F, Sprocati A R, Pinzari F, Liu Z, Downs R T, Sun H J (2014) A new biogenic, struvite-related phosphate, the ammonium-analog of hazenite, (NH₄)NaMg₂(PO₄)₂·14H₂O, American Mineralogist, 99, 1761-1766 [view file]
Li H, Yao Q, Yu S, Huang Y, Chen X, Fu S, Zhou G (2017) Bacterially mediated morphogenesis of struvite and its implication for phosphorus recovery, American Mineralogist, 102, 381-390
Tansman G F, Kindstedt P S, Hughes J M (2017) Minerals in food: Crystal structures of ikaite and struvite from bacterial smears on washed-rind cheese, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 89-100

REFERENCES for Struvite

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]

Ulex G L (1847) Struvit, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1847, 32-33 [view file]

Ulex G L (1851) Über Struveit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde, 1851, 51-59 [view file]

MacIvor R W E (1887) On Australian bat guano and some minerals occurring therein, The Chemical News, 55, 215-216 [view file]

MacIvor R W E (1902) On minerals occurring in Australian bat guano, The Chemical News, 85, 181-182 [view file]

Frondel C, Prien E L (1942) Carbonate-apatite and hydroxyl-apatite in urinary calculi, Science, 95, 431-431

Whitaker A, Jeffery J W (1970) The crystal structure of struvite, MgNH₄PO₄.6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 1429-1440

Ferraris G, Franchini-Angela M (1973) Hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state. Refinement of the crystal structure of MgNH₄AsO₄·6(H₂O), arsenstruvite, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 859-863

Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1973) Well-developed growth zoning in a struvite bladder stone, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 985-990 [view file]

Abbona F, Calleri M, Ivaldi G (1984) Synthetic struvite, MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O: Correct polarity and surface features of some complementary forms, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 223-227

Ferraris G, Fuess H, Joswig W (1986) Neutron diffraction study of MgNH₄PO₄·6H₂O (struvite) and survey of water molecules donating short hydrogen bonds, Acta Crystallographica, B42, 253-258

Takagi S, Mathew M (2001) Structures of biological minerals in dental research, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 106, 1035-1044 [view file]

Stefov V, Šoptrajanov B, Spirovski F, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. I. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 689, 1-10

Frost R L, Weier M L, Martens W N, Henry D A, Mills S J (2005) Raman spectroscopy of newberyite, hannayite and struvite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 62, 181-188

Stefov V, Šoptrajanov B, Kuzmanovski I, Lutz H D, Engelen B (2005) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. III. Spectra of protiated and partially deuterated magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 752, 60-67

Cahil A, Šoptrajanov B, Najdoski M, Lutz H D, Engelen B, Stefov V (2008) Infrared and Raman spectra of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (struvite) and its isomorphous analogues. Part VI: FT-IR spectra of isomorphously isolated species. NH₄⁺ ions isolated in MKPO₄·6H₂O (M = Mg; Ni) and PO₄^3- ions isolated in MgNH₄AsO₄·6H₂O, Journal of Molecular Structure, 876, 255-259

Sun W D, Wang J Y, Zhang K C, Wang X L (2010) Study on precipitation of struvite and struvite-K crystal in goats during onset of urolithiasis, Research in Veterinary Science, 88, 461-466

Chauhan C K, Vyas P M, Joshi M J (2011) Growth and characterization of struvite-K crystals, Crystal Research and Technology, 46, 187-194

Suguna K, Thenmozhi M, Sekar C (2012) Growth, spectral, structural and mechanical properties of struvite crystal grown in presence of sodium fluoride, Bulletin of Materials Science, 35, 701-706

Yang H, Martinelli L, Tasso F, Sprocati A R, Pinzari F, Liu Z, Downs R T, Sun H J (2014) A new biogenic, struvite-related phosphate, the ammonium-analog of hazenite, (NH₄)NaMg₂(PO₄)₂·14H₂O, American Mineralogist, 99, 1761-1766 [view file]

Li H, Yao Q, Yu S, Huang Y, Chen X, Fu S, Zhou G (2017) Bacterially mediated morphogenesis of struvite and its implication for phosphorus recovery, American Mineralogist, 102, 381-390

Tansman G F, Kindstedt P S, Hughes J M (2017) Minerals in food: Crystal structures of ikaite and struvite from bacterial smears on washed-rind cheese, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 89-100