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Dumortierite X050064

Name: Dumortierite
RRUFF ID: X050064
Ideal Chemistry: AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈
Locality: Fallbrook, San Diego County, California, USA
Source: G.R. Rossman 1966
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

Mineral Group: [ Dumortierite (5) ]

Quick search: [ All Dumortierite samples (4) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser on unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Dumortierite
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]
Damour A A (1881) Analyse de la dumortiérite, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 6-8 [view file]
Gonnard F (1881) Note sur l´existance d´une espèce minérale nouvelle, la dumortiérite dans le gneiss de Beaunan, au-dessus des anciens aqueducs galloromains de la vallée de l´Izeron (Rhône), Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 2-5 [view file]
Moore P B, Araki T (1978) Dumortierite, Si₃B[Al_6.75◻_0.25O_17.25(OH)_0.75]: a detailed structure analysis, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 132, 231-241
Alexander V D, Griffen D T, Martin T J (1986) Crystal chemistry of some Fe- and Ti-poor dumortierites, American Mineralogist, 71, 786-794
Taner M F, Martin R F (1993) Significance of dumortierite in an aluminosilicate-rich alteration zone, Louvicourt, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 137-146 [view file]
Fuchs Y, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Schuster R (2005) Dumortierite from the Gföhl unit, Lower Austria: chemistry, structure, and infra-red spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 173-183
Evans R J, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Lam A E (2012) MAS NMR measurements and ab initio calculations of the ²⁹Si chemical shifts in dumortierite and holtite, American Mineralogist, 97, 329-340 [view file]
Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]
Groat L A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Pieczka A (2012) The crystal chemistry of As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 855-872 [view file]
Pieczka A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Groat L A, Ma C, Rossman G R (2013) The dumortierite supergroup. I. A new nomenclature for the dumortierite and holtite groups, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2825-2839 [view file]
Wunder B, Kutzschbach M, Hosse L, Wilke F D H, Schertl H P, Chopin C (2018) Synthetic ^[4]B-bearing dumortierite and natural ^[4]B-free magnesiodumortierite from the Dora-Maira Massif: differences in boron coordination in response to ultrahigh pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 471-483

REFERENCES for Dumortierite

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]

Damour A A (1881) Analyse de la dumortiérite, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 6-8 [view file]

Gonnard F (1881) Note sur l´existance d´une espèce minérale nouvelle, la dumortiérite dans le gneiss de Beaunan, au-dessus des anciens aqueducs galloromains de la vallée de l´Izeron (Rhône), Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 2-5 [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T (1978) Dumortierite, Si₃B[Al_6.75◻_0.25O_17.25(OH)_0.75]: a detailed structure analysis, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 132, 231-241

Alexander V D, Griffen D T, Martin T J (1986) Crystal chemistry of some Fe- and Ti-poor dumortierites, American Mineralogist, 71, 786-794

Taner M F, Martin R F (1993) Significance of dumortierite in an aluminosilicate-rich alteration zone, Louvicourt, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 137-146 [view file]

Fuchs Y, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Schuster R (2005) Dumortierite from the Gföhl unit, Lower Austria: chemistry, structure, and infra-red spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 173-183

Evans R J, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Lam A E (2012) MAS NMR measurements and ab initio calculations of the ²⁹Si chemical shifts in dumortierite and holtite, American Mineralogist, 97, 329-340 [view file]

Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]

Groat L A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Pieczka A (2012) The crystal chemistry of As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 855-872 [view file]

Pieczka A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Groat L A, Ma C, Rossman G R (2013) The dumortierite supergroup. I. A new nomenclature for the dumortierite and holtite groups, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2825-2839 [view file]

Wunder B, Kutzschbach M, Hosse L, Wilke F D H, Schertl H P, Chopin C (2018) Synthetic ^[4]B-bearing dumortierite and natural ^[4]B-free magnesiodumortierite from the Dora-Maira Massif: differences in boron coordination in response to ultrahigh pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 471-483