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Karchevskyite R070103

Name: Karchevskyite
RRUFF ID: R070103
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₁₈Al₉(OH)₅₄Sr₂(CO₃)₉(H₂O)₆(H₃O)₅
Locality: Zheleznyi mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105069 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless hexagonal plates, co-type material, associated with phlogopite, dolomite, pyrite, and magnetite. We only observed the subcell.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Hydrotalcite (22) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070103

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070103.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.052(2)Å b: 3.052(2)Å c: 22.81(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 183.93(8)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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REFERENCES for Karchevskyite
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]
Britvin S N, Chukanov N V, Bekenova G K, Yagovkina M A, Antonov A V, Bogdanova A N, Krasnova N I (2007) Karchevskyite [Mg₁₈Al₉(OH)₅₄][Sr₂(CO₃,PO₄)₉(H₂O,H₃O)₁₁] - a new mineral in family of layered double hydroxides, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 5 52-64 [view file]
Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Ercit T S, Rowe R, Tait K T (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1594-1600 [view file]
Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file]

REFERENCES for Karchevskyite

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]

Britvin S N, Chukanov N V, Bekenova G K, Yagovkina M A, Antonov A V, Bogdanova A N, Krasnova N I (2007) Karchevskyite [Mg₁₈Al₉(OH)₅₄][Sr₂(CO₃,PO₄)₉(H₂O,H₃O)₁₁] - a new mineral in family of layered double hydroxides, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 5 52-64 [view file]

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Ercit T S, Rowe R, Tait K T (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1594-1600 [view file]

Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file]