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Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite R070468

Name: Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite
RRUFF ID: R070468
Ideal Chemistry: NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Li)Si₈O₂₂F₂
Locality: Questa, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100582 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Unconsolidated dark blue to black grains, co-type sample
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070468.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070468

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070468.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.797(2)Å b: 17.940(3)Å c: 5.3129(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 103.84(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 906.7(4)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 Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Oberti R, Bottazzi P, Czamanske G K (1993) Li: an important component in igneous alkali amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 78, 733-745 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Ottolini L, Grice J D, Czamanske G K (1996) Fluor-ferro-leakeite, NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Li)Si₈O₂₂F₂, a new alkali amphibole from the Canada Pinabete pluton, Questa, New Mexico, U.S.A., American Mineralogist, 81, 226-228 [view file]
Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Oberti R, Bottazzi P, Czamanske G K (1993) Li: an important component in igneous alkali amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 78, 733-745 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Ottolini L, Grice J D, Czamanske G K (1996) Fluor-ferro-leakeite, NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Li)Si₈O₂₂F₂, a new alkali amphibole from the Canada Pinabete pluton, Questa, New Mexico, U.S.A., American Mineralogist, 81, 226-228 [view file]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]