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Joesmithite R120157

Name: Joesmithite
RRUFF ID: R120157
Ideal Chemistry: Pb²⁺Ca₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₆Be₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Ramsorten drift, Langban, Sweden
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish brown to black short prismatic crystals and fragments associated with hematite, from type sample
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R120157

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:

R120157.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.841(2)Å b: 17.903(4)Å c: 5.241(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 105.02(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 891.9(2)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 Joesmithite
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]
Moore P B (1967) Eleven new minerals from Langban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 301-301 [view file]
Mandarino J A, Kato A (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1421-1427 [view file]
Moore P B (1968) Joesmithite, a new amphibole-like mineral from Långban, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 487-492
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 573-580 [view file]
Moore P B (1988) The joesmithite enigma: Note on the 6s² Pb²⁺ lone pair, American Mineralogist, 73, 843-844 [view file]
Moore P B, Davis A M, Van Derveer D G, Sen Gutpa P K (1993) Joesmithite, a plumbous amphibole revisited and comments on bond valences, Mineralogy and Petrology, 48, 97-113

REFERENCES for Joesmithite

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]

Moore P B (1967) Eleven new minerals from Langban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 301-301 [view file]

Mandarino J A, Kato A (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1421-1427 [view file]

Moore P B (1968) Joesmithite, a new amphibole-like mineral from Långban, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 487-492

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 573-580 [view file]

Moore P B (1988) The joesmithite enigma: Note on the 6s² Pb²⁺ lone pair, American Mineralogist, 73, 843-844 [view file]

Moore P B, Davis A M, Van Derveer D G, Sen Gutpa P K (1993) Joesmithite, a plumbous amphibole revisited and comments on bond valences, Mineralogy and Petrology, 48, 97-113