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Gormanite R080075

Name: Gormanite
RRUFF ID: R080075
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O
Locality: Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Michael Scott S100786 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Parallel aggregates of dark green acicular crystals associated with dark-brown prismatic childrenite (R140428), light-brown needle greifensteinite (R060588), and white fine-grained leucophosphite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Souzalite (2) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080075

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080075.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.277(6)Å b: 11.812(9)Å c: 5.142(4)Å
alpha: 90.23(4)° beta: 110.19(4)° gamma: 81.32(3)° Volume: 409.5(2)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Gormanite
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]
Sturman B D, Mandarino J A, Mrose M E, Dunn P J (1981) Gormanite, Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH₆)·2H₂O, the ferrous analogue of souzalite, and new data for souzalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 381-387 [view file]
Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 621-624 [view file]
Le Bail A, Stephens P W, Hubert F (2003) A crystal structure for the souzalite/gormanite series from synchrotron powder diffraction data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 719-723
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 467-471 [view file]
Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link]
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

REFERENCES for Gormanite

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]

Sturman B D, Mandarino J A, Mrose M E, Dunn P J (1981) Gormanite, Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH₆)·2H₂O, the ferrous analogue of souzalite, and new data for souzalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 381-387 [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 621-624 [view file]

Le Bail A, Stephens P W, Hubert F (2003) A crystal structure for the souzalite/gormanite series from synchrotron powder diffraction data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 719-723

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 467-471 [view file]

Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link]

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]