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Xonotlite R180003

Name: Xonotlite
RRUFF ID: R180003
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂
Locality: Nchwaning III mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Jaco and Tania Janse van Nieuwenhuizen
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of colorless prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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R180003

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:

R180003.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 17.0961(71)Å b: 7.3794(20)Å c: 7.0495(25)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.331(20)° gamma: 90° Volume: 889.35(20)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Xonotlite
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]
Rammelsberg C (1866) Ueber den Xonaltit, ein neues wasserhaltiges Kalksilikat, und den Bustamit aus Mexiko, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 18, 33-34 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Brown P A (1978) Xonotlite: a new occurrence at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 671-672 [view file]
Kudoh Y, Takéuchi Y (1979) Polytypism in xonotlite: (I) Structure of an A-1 polytype, Mineralogical Journal, 9, 349-373 [view file]
Hejny C, Armbruster T (2001) Polytypism in xonotlite Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 396-408
Esteban J J, Cuevas J, Tubia J M, Yusta I (2003) Xonotlite in rodingite assemblages from the Ronda peridotites, Betic Cordilleras, southern Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 161-170 [view file]
Merlino S, Bonaccorsi E (2008) Double wollastonite chains: topological/conformational varieties, polytypic forms, isotypic compounds, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 85-97

REFERENCES for Xonotlite

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]

Rammelsberg C (1866) Ueber den Xonaltit, ein neues wasserhaltiges Kalksilikat, und den Bustamit aus Mexiko, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 18, 33-34 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Brown P A (1978) Xonotlite: a new occurrence at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 671-672 [view file]

Kudoh Y, Takéuchi Y (1979) Polytypism in xonotlite: (I) Structure of an A-1 polytype, Mineralogical Journal, 9, 349-373 [view file]

Hejny C, Armbruster T (2001) Polytypism in xonotlite Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 396-408

Esteban J J, Cuevas J, Tubia J M, Yusta I (2003) Xonotlite in rodingite assemblages from the Ronda peridotites, Betic Cordilleras, southern Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 161-170 [view file]

Merlino S, Bonaccorsi E (2008) Double wollastonite chains: topological/conformational varieties, polytypic forms, isotypic compounds, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 85-97