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Gypsum R040029

Name: Gypsum
RRUFF ID: R040029
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O
Locality: Twin Buttes, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4885 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Gypsum (12) ]

Quick search: [ All Gypsum samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040029.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00440

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -c [0 0 -1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040029

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040029.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040029.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.6759(4)Å b: 15.210(1)Å c: 6.5265(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 118.463(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 495.33(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gypsum
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]
Agricola G (1546) Gypsum, in De Natura Fossilium translated by Bandy M C, Bandy J A 1955 Geological Society of America New York 89-93
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Reusch E (1869) Die Körnerprobe am krystallisirten Gyps, Annalen der Physik, 212, 135-137 [view file]
Milton C, Johnston W D (1938) Sulphate minerals of the Comstock Lode, Nevada, Economic Geology, 33, 749-771 [view file]
Flörke O W (1952) Kristallographische und röntgenometrische untersuchungen im system CaSO₄ - CaSO₄·2H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 4, 180-240 [view file]
Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376 [view file]
Pedersen B F, Semmingsen D (1982) Neutron diffraction refinement of the structure of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 1074-1077 [view file]
Abriel V W (1983) Calcium sulfat subhydrat, CaSO₄·0,8H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 956-958 [view file]
Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Jorgensen J D, Hinks D G (1984) A crystallographic study of the low-temperature dehydration products of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O: hemihydrate CaSO₄·0.50H₂O, and γ-CaSO₄, American Mineralogist, 69, 910-918 [view file]
Mungall J E, Frape S K, Gigson I L, Kamineni D C (1987) Rare-earth abundances in host granitic rocks and fracture-filling gypsum associated with saline groundwaters from a deep borehole, Atikokan, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 539-543 [view file]
Tazaki K, Mori T, Nonaka T (1992) Microbial jarosite and gypsum from corrosion of Portland cement concrete, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 431-444 [view file]
Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of rapidcreekite, Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)(H₂O)₄, and its relation to the structure of gypsum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 99-106 [view file]
Schofield P F, Knight K S, Stretton I C (1996) Thermal expansion of gypsum investigated by neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 81, 847-851 [view file]
Kontoyannis C G, Orkoula M G, Koutsoukos P G (1997) Quantitative analysis of sulfated calcium carbonates using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, Analyst, 122, 33-38
Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856
Boeyens J C A, Ichharam V V H (2002) Redetermination of the crystal structure of calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. New Crystal Structures, 217, 9-10
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Cabral A R, Lehmann B, Kwitko-Ribeiro R, Jones R D, Rocha Filho O G (2003) On the association of palladium-bearing gold, hematite, and gypsum in an Ouro Preto nugget, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 473-478 [view file]
De la Torre Á G, López-Olmo M G, Álvarez-Rua C, García-Granda S, Aranda M A G (2004) Structure and microstructure of gypsum and its relevance to Rietveld quantitative phase analyses, Powder Diffraction, 19, 240-246
Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]
Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]
Carbone M, Ballirano P, Caminiti R (2008) Kinetics of gypsum dehydration at reduced pressure: an energy dispersive x-ray diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 621-627 [view file]
Christensen A N, Olesen M, Cerenius Y, Jensen T R (2008) Formation and transformation of five different phases in the CaSO₄-H₂O system: Crystal structure of the subhydrate β-CaSO₄·0.5H₂O and soluble anhydrite CaSO₄, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2124-2132
Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Zanazzi P F, Speziale S (2008) High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study, American Mineralogist, 93, 1530-1537 [view file]
Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]
Jehlička J, Vítek P, Edwards H G M, Hargreaves M D, Čapoun T (2009) Fast detection of sulphate minerals (gypsum, anglesite, baryte) by a portable Raman spectrometer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 40, 1082-1086
Seufert S, Hesse C, Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2009) Discrimination of bassanite and anhydrite III dehydrated from gypsum at different temperatures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 30, 447-452 [view file]
Hildyard R C, Llana-Fúnez S, Wheeler J, Faulkner D R, Prior D J (2011) Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of bassanite transformation textures and crystal structure produced from experimentally deformed and dehydrated gypsum, Journal of Petrology, 52, 839-856 [view file]
Harrison T N (2012) Experimental VNIR reflectance spectroscopy of gypsum dehydration: investigating the gypsum to bassanite transition, American Mineralogist, 97, 598-609 [view file]
Robertson K, Bish D (2013) Constraints on the distribution of CaSO₄·nH₂O phases on Mars and implications for their contribution to the hydrological cycle, Icarus, 223, 407-417
Sabron P, Alpers C N (2013) Raman spectroscopy of efflorescent sulfate salts from Iron Mountain Mine Superfund Site, California, Astrobiology, 13, 270-278
Bishop J L, Lane M D, Dyar M D, King S J, Brown A J, Swayze G A (2014) Spectral properties of Ca-sulfates: gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite, American Mineralogist, 99, 2105-2115
Lopez-Reyes G, Sobron P, Lefebvre C, Rull F (2014) Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for the identification of sulfates: Implications for ExoMars, American Mineralogist, 99, 1570-1579
Sobron P, Bishop J L, Blake D F, Chen B, Rull F (2014) Natural Fe-bearing oxides and sulfates from the Rio Tinto Mars analog site: Critical assessment of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy, and XRD as mineral identification tools, American Mineralogist, 99, 1199-1205
Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908
Vaniman D T, Martinez G M, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Blake D F, Yen A S, Ming D W, Rapin W, Meslin P Y, Morookian J M, Downs R T, Chipera S J, Morris R V, Morrison S M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Robertson K, Grotzinger J P, Hazen R M, Wiens R C, Sumner D Y (2018) Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 1011-1020 [view file]
Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file]
Theophrastus (315 BC) Gypsum, in De Lapidibus, translated by Eichholz D E, 1965 Clarendon Press Oxford 83-85 [view file]

REFERENCES for Gypsum

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]

Agricola G (1546) Gypsum, in De Natura Fossilium translated by Bandy M C, Bandy J A 1955 Geological Society of America New York 89-93

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

Reusch E (1869) Die Körnerprobe am krystallisirten Gyps, Annalen der Physik, 212, 135-137 [view file]

Milton C, Johnston W D (1938) Sulphate minerals of the Comstock Lode, Nevada, Economic Geology, 33, 749-771 [view file]

Flörke O W (1952) Kristallographische und röntgenometrische untersuchungen im system CaSO₄ - CaSO₄·2H₂O, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 4, 180-240 [view file]

Papezik V S, Fong C C K (1975) Howlite and ulexite from the carboniferous gypsum and anhydrite beds in western Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 370-376 [view file]

Pedersen B F, Semmingsen D (1982) Neutron diffraction refinement of the structure of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 1074-1077 [view file]

Abriel V W (1983) Calcium sulfat subhydrat, CaSO₄·0,8H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 956-958 [view file]

Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Jorgensen J D, Hinks D G (1984) A crystallographic study of the low-temperature dehydration products of gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O: hemihydrate CaSO₄·0.50H₂O, and γ-CaSO₄, American Mineralogist, 69, 910-918 [view file]

Mungall J E, Frape S K, Gigson I L, Kamineni D C (1987) Rare-earth abundances in host granitic rocks and fracture-filling gypsum associated with saline groundwaters from a deep borehole, Atikokan, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 539-543 [view file]

Tazaki K, Mori T, Nonaka T (1992) Microbial jarosite and gypsum from corrosion of Portland cement concrete, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 431-444 [view file]

Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of rapidcreekite, Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)(H₂O)₄, and its relation to the structure of gypsum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 99-106 [view file]

Schofield P F, Knight K S, Stretton I C (1996) Thermal expansion of gypsum investigated by neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 81, 847-851 [view file]

Kontoyannis C G, Orkoula M G, Koutsoukos P G (1997) Quantitative analysis of sulfated calcium carbonates using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, Analyst, 122, 33-38

Sarma L P, Prasad P S R, Ravikumar N (1998) Raman spectroscopic study of phase transitions in natural gypsum, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 29, 851-856

Boeyens J C A, Ichharam V V H (2002) Redetermination of the crystal structure of calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO₄·2H₂O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. New Crystal Structures, 217, 9-10

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Cabral A R, Lehmann B, Kwitko-Ribeiro R, Jones R D, Rocha Filho O G (2003) On the association of palladium-bearing gold, hematite, and gypsum in an Ouro Preto nugget, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 473-478 [view file]

De la Torre Á G, López-Olmo M G, Álvarez-Rua C, García-Granda S, Aranda M A G (2004) Structure and microstructure of gypsum and its relevance to Rietveld quantitative phase analyses, Powder Diffraction, 19, 240-246

Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]

Carbone M, Ballirano P, Caminiti R (2008) Kinetics of gypsum dehydration at reduced pressure: an energy dispersive x-ray diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 621-627 [view file]

Christensen A N, Olesen M, Cerenius Y, Jensen T R (2008) Formation and transformation of five different phases in the CaSO₄-H₂O system: Crystal structure of the subhydrate β-CaSO₄·0.5H₂O and soluble anhydrite CaSO₄, Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2124-2132

Comodi P, Nazzareni S, Zanazzi P F, Speziale S (2008) High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study, American Mineralogist, 93, 1530-1537 [view file]

Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file]

Jehlička J, Vítek P, Edwards H G M, Hargreaves M D, Čapoun T (2009) Fast detection of sulphate minerals (gypsum, anglesite, baryte) by a portable Raman spectrometer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 40, 1082-1086

Seufert S, Hesse C, Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2009) Discrimination of bassanite and anhydrite III dehydrated from gypsum at different temperatures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 30, 447-452 [view file]

Hildyard R C, Llana-Fúnez S, Wheeler J, Faulkner D R, Prior D J (2011) Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of bassanite transformation textures and crystal structure produced from experimentally deformed and dehydrated gypsum, Journal of Petrology, 52, 839-856 [view file]

Harrison T N (2012) Experimental VNIR reflectance spectroscopy of gypsum dehydration: investigating the gypsum to bassanite transition, American Mineralogist, 97, 598-609 [view file]

Robertson K, Bish D (2013) Constraints on the distribution of CaSO₄·nH₂O phases on Mars and implications for their contribution to the hydrological cycle, Icarus, 223, 407-417

Sabron P, Alpers C N (2013) Raman spectroscopy of efflorescent sulfate salts from Iron Mountain Mine Superfund Site, California, Astrobiology, 13, 270-278

Bishop J L, Lane M D, Dyar M D, King S J, Brown A J, Swayze G A (2014) Spectral properties of Ca-sulfates: gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite, American Mineralogist, 99, 2105-2115

Lopez-Reyes G, Sobron P, Lefebvre C, Rull F (2014) Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for the identification of sulfates: Implications for ExoMars, American Mineralogist, 99, 1570-1579

Sobron P, Bishop J L, Blake D F, Chen B, Rull F (2014) Natural Fe-bearing oxides and sulfates from the Rio Tinto Mars analog site: Critical assessment of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy, and XRD as mineral identification tools, American Mineralogist, 99, 1199-1205

Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908

Vaniman D T, Martinez G M, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Blake D F, Yen A S, Ming D W, Rapin W, Meslin P Y, Morookian J M, Downs R T, Chipera S J, Morris R V, Morrison S M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Robertson K, Grotzinger J P, Hazen R M, Wiens R C, Sumner D Y (2018) Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 1011-1020 [view file]

Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file]

Theophrastus (315 BC) Gypsum, in De Lapidibus, translated by Eichholz D E, 1965 Clarendon Press Oxford 83-85 [view file]