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Agardite-(Y) R070649

Name: Agardite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R070649
Ideal Chemistry: YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O
Locality: Jote West mine, Pampa Larga Mining District, Copiapo, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of bright green acicular crystals. Sample used in Morrison et al. (2013) study.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Mixite (10) ]

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

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070649.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_5.33Al_0.12Ca_0.03Mn_0.01)_Σ=5.49(Y_0.52Er_0.02Dy_0.01Yb_0.01Ho_0.01Ca_0.43)_Σ=1.00[(AsO₄)_0.88(PO₄)_0.14)]₃(OH)₆·2.99H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070649

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070649.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.459(3)Å b: 13.459(3)Å c: 5.8791(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 922.3(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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 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]