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Lepidolite X050113

Name: Lepidolite
RRUFF ID: X050113
Ideal Chemistry: K(Li,Al)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂
Locality: Stewart mine, Pala, California, USA
Source: Caltech
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]

Quick search: [ All Lepidolite samples (2) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser oriented perpendicular to the (001) face

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Lepidolite
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]
Klaproth M H (1797) Nachtrag zur chemischen Untersuchung des Lepidoliths, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 191-196 [view file]
Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file]
Harada K, Honda M, Nagashima K, Kanisawa S (1976) Masutomilite, manganese analogue of zinnwaldite, with special reference to masutomilite-lepidolite-zinnwaldite series, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 95-109 [view file]
Sartori F (1976) The crystal structure of a 1M-lepidolite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 23, 65-75
Sartori F (1977) The crystal structure of a 2M₁ lepidolite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 23-37
Swanson T H, Bailey S W (1981) Redetermination of the lepidolite-2M₁ structure, Clays and Clay Minerals, 29, 81-90 [view file]
Robert J L, Beny J M, Beny C, Volfinger M (1989) Characterization of lepidolites by Raman. I. Relationships between OH–stretching wavenumbers and composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 225-235 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218

REFERENCES for Lepidolite

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]

Klaproth M H (1797) Nachtrag zur chemischen Untersuchung des Lepidoliths, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 191-196 [view file]

Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file]

Harada K, Honda M, Nagashima K, Kanisawa S (1976) Masutomilite, manganese analogue of zinnwaldite, with special reference to masutomilite-lepidolite-zinnwaldite series, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 95-109 [view file]

Sartori F (1976) The crystal structure of a 1M-lepidolite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 23, 65-75

Sartori F (1977) The crystal structure of a 2M₁ lepidolite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 23-37

Swanson T H, Bailey S W (1981) Redetermination of the lepidolite-2M₁ structure, Clays and Clay Minerals, 29, 81-90 [view file]

Robert J L, Beny J M, Beny C, Volfinger M (1989) Characterization of lepidolites by Raman. I. Relationships between OH–stretching wavenumbers and composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 225-235 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218