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Katoite R070646

Name: Katoite
RRUFF ID: R070646
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Al₂(OH)₁₂
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to colorless powder mixed with small trapezohedral crystals, sample from Lager et al (2002) study.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ garnet (97) ]

Quick search: [ All Katoite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070646.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070646

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070646.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.563(1)Å b: 12.563(1)Å c: 12.563(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1983.1(1)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Katoite
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]
Passaglia E, Rinaldi R (1984) Katoite, a new member of the Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃-Ca₃Al₂(OH)₁₂ series and a new nomenclature for the hydrogrossular group of minerals, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 605-618
Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 871-881 [view file]
Sacerdoti M, Passaglia E (1985) The crystal structure of katoite and implications within the hydrogrossular group of minerals, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 1-8
Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25
Lager G A, Downs R T, Origlieri M, Garoutte R (2002) High-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of katoite hydrogarnet: Evidence for a phase transition from Ia3d -> I43d symmetry at 5 GPa, American Mineralogist, 87, 642-647 [view file]
Ferro O, Galli E, Papp G, Quartieri S, Szakall S, Vezzalini G (2003) A new occurrence of katoite and re-examination of the hydrogrossular group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 419-426
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (2005) The vibrational spectrum of synthetic hydrogrossular (katoite) Ca₃Al₂(O₄H₄)₃: a low-temperature IR and Raman spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 90, 1335-1341 [view file]
Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]
Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]
Lacivita V, Mahmoud A, Erba A, D'Arco P, Mustapha S (2015) Hydrogrossular, Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)_3-x(H₄O₄)_x: An ab initio investigation of its structural and energetic properties, American Mineralogist, 100, 2637-2649
Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908
Kyono A, Arora S (2019) Crystal structure change in grossular-Si-free katoite solid solution: Oxygen position splitting in katoite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 114, 189-200

REFERENCES for Katoite

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]

Passaglia E, Rinaldi R (1984) Katoite, a new member of the Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃-Ca₃Al₂(OH)₁₂ series and a new nomenclature for the hydrogrossular group of minerals, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 605-618

Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 871-881 [view file]

Sacerdoti M, Passaglia E (1985) The crystal structure of katoite and implications within the hydrogrossular group of minerals, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 1-8

Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25

Lager G A, Downs R T, Origlieri M, Garoutte R (2002) High-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of katoite hydrogarnet: Evidence for a phase transition from Ia3d -> I43d symmetry at 5 GPa, American Mineralogist, 87, 642-647 [view file]

Ferro O, Galli E, Papp G, Quartieri S, Szakall S, Vezzalini G (2003) A new occurrence of katoite and re-examination of the hydrogrossular group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 419-426

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (2005) The vibrational spectrum of synthetic hydrogrossular (katoite) Ca₃Al₂(O₄H₄)₃: a low-temperature IR and Raman spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 90, 1335-1341 [view file]

Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]

Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]

Lacivita V, Mahmoud A, Erba A, D'Arco P, Mustapha S (2015) Hydrogrossular, Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)_3-x(H₄O₄)_x: An ab initio investigation of its structural and energetic properties, American Mineralogist, 100, 2637-2649

Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908

Kyono A, Arora S (2019) Crystal structure change in grossular-Si-free katoite solid solution: Oxygen position splitting in katoite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 114, 189-200