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Agardite-(Y) R060924

Name: Agardite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R060924
Ideal Chemistry: YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O
Locality: Bou Skour mine, Djebel Sarhro, Morocco
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light bluish-green flexible fibers
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Mixite (10) ]

Quick search: [ All Agardite-(Y) samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060924.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_5.81Ca_0.11Fe_0.02)(Y_0.51Nd_0.05Gd_0.04La_0.03Sm_0.02Pr_0.01Ca_0.34)[(AsO₄)_0.85(PO₄)_0.03(SiO₄)_0.01]₃(OH)₆·4.04H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060924

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060924.9

Sample Description:

Powder, using Mo radiation

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.547(3)Å b: 13.547(3)Å c: 5.920(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 940.9(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Agardite-(Y)
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]
Dietrich J E, Orliac M, Permingeat F (1969) L’agardite, une nouvelle espèce minérale, et le problème du chlorotile, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 92, 420-434 [view file]
Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449 [view file]
Hey M H (1970) Twenty-sixth list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 954-967 [view file]
Aruga A, Nakai I (1985) Structure of Ca-rich agardite, (Ca_0.40Y_0.31Fe_0.09Ce_0.06La_0.04Nd_0.01)Cu_6.19[(AsO₄)_2.42(HAsO₄)_0.49](OH)_6.38·3H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C41, 161-163 [link]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Olmi F, Sabelli C, Brizzi G (1988) Agardite-(Y), Gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from Sardinia, The Mineralogical Record, 19, 305-310
Brizzi G, Cocco E, Olmi F, Sabelli C (1989) Nuovi ritrovamenti di minerali nella Sardegna sud-occidentale 2°-Sa Duchessa (Domusnovas), Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3, 121-134
Olmi F, Sabelli C, Ferroni R T (1991) A contribution to the crystal chemistry of mixite group minerals from Sardinia (Italy), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1991, 487-499
Kunov A Y, Nakov R A, Stanchev C D (2002) First agardite-(Y), -(Nd), -(La) find in Bulgaria, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 107-116
Walenta K (2003) Mineralien der Mixitgruppe aus dem Schwarzwald, Der Erzgräber, 17, 46-51
Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2004) Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 961-966 [link]
Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2005) Thermal decomposition of agardites (REE) - relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity, Thermochimica Acta, 427, 167-170
Frost R L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Erickson K L, Weier M L, Leverett P (2005) Studies of natural and synthetic agardites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 181, 11-19
Frost R L, Weier M, Martens W (2006) Using Raman spectroscopy to identify mixite minerals, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 63, 60-65 [link]
Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56
Göb S, Wenzel T, Bau M, Jacob D E, Loges A, Markl G (2011) The redistribution of rare-earth elements in secondary minerals of hydrothermal veins, Schwarzwald, southwestern Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1305-1333 [view file]
Morrison S M, Domanik K J, Origlieri M J, Downs R T (2013) Agardite-(Y), Cu²⁺₆Y(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i61-i62 [view file]

REFERENCES for Agardite-(Y)

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]

Dietrich J E, Orliac M, Permingeat F (1969) L’agardite, une nouvelle espèce minérale, et le problème du chlorotile, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 92, 420-434 [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449 [view file]

Hey M H (1970) Twenty-sixth list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 954-967 [view file]

Aruga A, Nakai I (1985) Structure of Ca-rich agardite, (Ca_0.40Y_0.31Fe_0.09Ce_0.06La_0.04Nd_0.01)Cu_6.19[(AsO₄)_2.42(HAsO₄)_0.49](OH)_6.38·3H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C41, 161-163 [link]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Olmi F, Sabelli C, Brizzi G (1988) Agardite-(Y), Gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from Sardinia, The Mineralogical Record, 19, 305-310

Brizzi G, Cocco E, Olmi F, Sabelli C (1989) Nuovi ritrovamenti di minerali nella Sardegna sud-occidentale 2°-Sa Duchessa (Domusnovas), Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3, 121-134

Olmi F, Sabelli C, Ferroni R T (1991) A contribution to the crystal chemistry of mixite group minerals from Sardinia (Italy), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1991, 487-499

Kunov A Y, Nakov R A, Stanchev C D (2002) First agardite-(Y), -(Nd), -(La) find in Bulgaria, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 107-116

Walenta K (2003) Mineralien der Mixitgruppe aus dem Schwarzwald, Der Erzgräber, 17, 46-51

Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2004) Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 961-966 [link]

Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Leverett P (2005) Thermal decomposition of agardites (REE) - relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity, Thermochimica Acta, 427, 167-170

Frost R L, McKinnon A R, Williams P A, Erickson K L, Weier M L, Leverett P (2005) Studies of natural and synthetic agardites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 181, 11-19

Frost R L, Weier M, Martens W (2006) Using Raman spectroscopy to identify mixite minerals, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 63, 60-65 [link]

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56

Göb S, Wenzel T, Bau M, Jacob D E, Loges A, Markl G (2011) The redistribution of rare-earth elements in secondary minerals of hydrothermal veins, Schwarzwald, southwestern Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1305-1333 [view file]

Morrison S M, Domanik K J, Origlieri M J, Downs R T (2013) Agardite-(Y), Cu²⁺₆Y(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i61-i62 [view file]