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Epidote R110129

Name: Epidote
RRUFF ID: R110129
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Locality: Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Source: Jack Lowell
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green prismatic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Groups: [ epidote (31) ] [ clinozoisite (16) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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RRUFF ID:

R110129

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:

R110129.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.912(3)Å b: 5.647(2)Å c: 10.181(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 115.35(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 463.0(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Epidote
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]
Haüy R J (1801) Epidote, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 102-113 [view file]
Weinschenk E (1896) Ueber Epidot und Zoisit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 26, 156-177 [view file]
Ito T (1947) The structure of epidote (HCa₂(Al,Fe)Al₂Si₃O₁₃), American Mineralogist, 32, 309-321 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Ito T, Morimoto N, Sadanaga R (1954) On the structure of epidote, Acta Crystallographica, 7, 53-59
Burns R G, Strens R G J (1967) Structurel interpretation of polarized absorption spectra of the Al-Fe-Mn-Cr epidotes, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 204-226 [view file]
Gabe E J, Portheine J C, Whitlow S H (1973) A reinvestigation of the epidote structure: confirmation of the iron location, American Mineralogist, 58, 218-223 [view file]
LeAnderson P J (1981) Calculation of temperature and X(CO₂) values for tremolite—K–feldspar—diopside—epidote assemblages, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 619-630 [view file]
Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426
de Lummen G V M (1986) Tin-bearing epidote from skarn in the Land's End aureole, Cornwall, England, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 411-415 [view file]
Farrow C E G, Barr S M (1992) Petrology of high-Al-hornblende- and magmatic-epidote-bearing plutons in the southeastern Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 377-392 [view file]
Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1994) Structural variations induced by heat treatment in allanite and REE-bearing piemontite, American Mineralogist, 79, 1176-1184 [view file]
Artioli G, Quartieri S, Deriu A (1995) Spectroscopic data on coexisting prehnite-pumpellyite and epidote-pumpellyite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 67-75 [view file]
Menchetti S, Bonazzi P (1995) Monoclinic members of the epidote group: effects of the Al⇔Fe³⁺⇔Fe²⁺ substitution and of the entry of REE³⁺, Mineralogy and Petrology, 53, 133-153
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170
Armbruster T, Bonazzi P, Akasaka M, Bermanec V, Chopin C, Giere R, Huess-Assbichler S, Liebscher A, Menchetti S, Pan Y, Pasero M (2006) Recommended nomeclature of epidote-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 551-567 [view file]
Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2007) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 92, 1539-1542 [view file]
Nagashima M, Akasaka M (2010) X-ray Rietveld and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer studies of epidote and piemontite on the join Ca₂Al₂Fe³⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH) - Ca₂Al₂Mn³⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH) formed by hydrothermal synthesis, American Mineralogist, 95, 1237-1246 [view file]
Nagashima M (2011) Pumpellyite-, sursassite-, and epidote-type structures: common principles-individual features, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 106, 211-222
MacDonald R, Bagiński B, Kartashov P M, Zozulya D, Dzierżanowski (2015) Interaction of rare-metal minerals with hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from quartz-epidote metasomatites of the Haldzan Buragtag Massif, Mongolian Altai, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1015-1034

REFERENCES for Epidote

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]

Haüy R J (1801) Epidote, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 102-113 [view file]

Weinschenk E (1896) Ueber Epidot und Zoisit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 26, 156-177 [view file]

Ito T (1947) The structure of epidote (HCa₂(Al,Fe)Al₂Si₃O₁₃), American Mineralogist, 32, 309-321 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Ito T, Morimoto N, Sadanaga R (1954) On the structure of epidote, Acta Crystallographica, 7, 53-59

Burns R G, Strens R G J (1967) Structurel interpretation of polarized absorption spectra of the Al-Fe-Mn-Cr epidotes, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 204-226 [view file]

Gabe E J, Portheine J C, Whitlow S H (1973) A reinvestigation of the epidote structure: confirmation of the iron location, American Mineralogist, 58, 218-223 [view file]

LeAnderson P J (1981) Calculation of temperature and X(CO₂) values for tremolite—K–feldspar—diopside—epidote assemblages, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 619-630 [view file]

Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426

de Lummen G V M (1986) Tin-bearing epidote from skarn in the Land's End aureole, Cornwall, England, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 411-415 [view file]

Farrow C E G, Barr S M (1992) Petrology of high-Al-hornblende- and magmatic-epidote-bearing plutons in the southeastern Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 377-392 [view file]

Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1994) Structural variations induced by heat treatment in allanite and REE-bearing piemontite, American Mineralogist, 79, 1176-1184 [view file]

Artioli G, Quartieri S, Deriu A (1995) Spectroscopic data on coexisting prehnite-pumpellyite and epidote-pumpellyite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 67-75 [view file]

Menchetti S, Bonazzi P (1995) Monoclinic members of the epidote group: effects of the Al⇔Fe³⁺⇔Fe²⁺ substitution and of the entry of REE³⁺, Mineralogy and Petrology, 53, 133-153

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170

Armbruster T, Bonazzi P, Akasaka M, Bermanec V, Chopin C, Giere R, Huess-Assbichler S, Liebscher A, Menchetti S, Pan Y, Pasero M (2006) Recommended nomeclature of epidote-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 551-567 [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2007) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 92, 1539-1542 [view file]

Nagashima M, Akasaka M (2010) X-ray Rietveld and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer studies of epidote and piemontite on the join Ca₂Al₂Fe³⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH) - Ca₂Al₂Mn³⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH) formed by hydrothermal synthesis, American Mineralogist, 95, 1237-1246 [view file]

Nagashima M (2011) Pumpellyite-, sursassite-, and epidote-type structures: common principles-individual features, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 106, 211-222

MacDonald R, Bagiński B, Kartashov P M, Zozulya D, Dzierżanowski (2015) Interaction of rare-metal minerals with hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from quartz-epidote metasomatites of the Haldzan Buragtag Massif, Mongolian Altai, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1015-1034