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Pargasite R130006

Name: Pargasite
RRUFF ID: R130006
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Gooderham, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of black prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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RRUFF ID:

R130006

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:

R130006.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.861(2)Å b: 17.995(4)Å c: 5.284(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.51(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 907.8(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 Pargasite
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]
Pansner J H L (1815) Korrespondenz, über den sogenannten Pargasit, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 9, 301-308 [view file]
Majmundar H H (1969) Shorter communications: Pargasites from Madagascar, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 97-100 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]
Raudsepp M, Turnock A C, Hawthorne F C, Sherriff B L, Hartman J S (1987) Characterization of synthetic pargasitic amphiboles (NaCa₂Mg₄M³⁺Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH,F)₂; (M³⁺ = Al, Cr, Ga, Sc, In) by infrared spectroscopy, Rietveld structure refinement, and ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, and ¹⁹F MAS NMR spectroscopy, 72, 580-593
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]
Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G (2001) Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1725-1732 [view file]
Kahl W A, Maresch W V, Welch M D (2003) Enthalpy of formation of pargasite by high-temperature solution calorimetry and heat capacity of pargasite and fluoropargasite by differential scanning calorimetry, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 617-628
Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]
Hålenius U, Bosi F (2012) Cation ordering in Pb²⁺-bearing, Mn³⁺-rich pargasite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1635-1640 [view file]
Heaveysege D, Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2015) Long-range and short-range order in gem pargasite from Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 497-510
Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171
Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950
Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

REFERENCES for Pargasite

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]

Pansner J H L (1815) Korrespondenz, über den sogenannten Pargasit, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 9, 301-308 [view file]

Majmundar H H (1969) Shorter communications: Pargasites from Madagascar, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 97-100 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]

Raudsepp M, Turnock A C, Hawthorne F C, Sherriff B L, Hartman J S (1987) Characterization of synthetic pargasitic amphiboles (NaCa₂Mg₄M³⁺Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH,F)₂; (M³⁺ = Al, Cr, Ga, Sc, In) by infrared spectroscopy, Rietveld structure refinement, and ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, and ¹⁹F MAS NMR spectroscopy, 72, 580-593

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]

Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G (2001) Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1725-1732 [view file]

Kahl W A, Maresch W V, Welch M D (2003) Enthalpy of formation of pargasite by high-temperature solution calorimetry and heat capacity of pargasite and fluoropargasite by differential scanning calorimetry, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 617-628

Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]

Hålenius U, Bosi F (2012) Cation ordering in Pb²⁺-bearing, Mn³⁺-rich pargasite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1635-1640 [view file]

Heaveysege D, Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2015) Long-range and short-range order in gem pargasite from Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 497-510

Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171

Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950

Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312