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Senegalite R050239

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Name: Senegalite
RRUFF ID: R050239
Ideal Chemistry: Al2(PO4)(OH)3·H2O
Locality: Kourondicko iron ore (magnetite) deposit, Faleme River Basin, Senegal
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050239.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Al2.00P1.00O4(OH)3·H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin
Pin ID: M00172
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R050239
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050239.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050239.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050239.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.6590(3)Å    b: 9.6893(4)Å    c: 7.5957(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 563.68(3)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Senegalite

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]

Johan Z (1976) La sénégalite, Al2(PO4)(OH)3·H2O, un nouveau minéral, Lithos, 9, 165-171

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Nickel E H, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 593-600   [view file]

Keegan T D, Araki T, Moore P B (1979) Senegalite, Al2(OH)3(H2O)(PO4), a novel structure type, American Mineralogist, 64, 1243-1247   [view file]