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Polylithionite R060225

Name: Polylithionite
RRUFF ID: R060225
Ideal Chemistry: KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52556
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored hexagonal shaped mica
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060225.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.95◻_0.05)_Σ=1(Li_1.95Mg_0.04Mn_0.01)_Σ=2(Al_0.97Fe³⁺_0.03)_Σ=1Si_4.00O₁₀(F_1.40(OH)_0.60)_Σ=2

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R060225

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060225.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.1962(6)Å b: 8.970(1)Å c: 10.0561(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 100.449(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 460.93(6)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 Polylithionite
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]
Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger Mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]
Perrault G (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Polylithionite from St. Hilaire, P.Q., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 671-671 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481
Brigatti M F, Mottana A, Malferrari D, Cibin G (2007) Crystal structure and chemical composition of Li-, Fe-, and Mn-rich micas, American Mineralogist, 92, 1395-1400 [view file]
Elmi C, Brigatti M F, Guggenheim S, Pasquali L, Montecchi M, Nannarone S (2014) Crystal chemistry and surface configurations of two polylithionite-1M crystals, American Mineralogist, 99, 2049-2059
Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33
Hawthorne F C, Sokolova E, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y (2019) The crystal structure of polylithionite-1M from Darai-Pioz, Tajikistan: The role of short-range order in driving symmetry reduction in 1M Li-rich mica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 519-528

REFERENCES for Polylithionite

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]

Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger Mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]

Perrault G (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Polylithionite from St. Hilaire, P.Q., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 671-671 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481

Brigatti M F, Mottana A, Malferrari D, Cibin G (2007) Crystal structure and chemical composition of Li-, Fe-, and Mn-rich micas, American Mineralogist, 92, 1395-1400 [view file]

Elmi C, Brigatti M F, Guggenheim S, Pasquali L, Montecchi M, Nannarone S (2014) Crystal chemistry and surface configurations of two polylithionite-1M crystals, American Mineralogist, 99, 2049-2059

Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33

Hawthorne F C, Sokolova E, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y (2019) The crystal structure of polylithionite-1M from Darai-Pioz, Tajikistan: The role of short-range order in driving symmetry reduction in 1M Li-rich mica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 519-528