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Augite R070231

Name: Augite
RRUFF ID: R070231
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆
Locality: Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Source: Michael Scott S105901 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Very dark grey-green prismatic crystals frozen in quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070231.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_0.44Fe_0.37Ca_0.17Ti_0.01Mn_0.01)_Σ=1(Si_0.98Al_0.02)_Σ=1O₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

M00357

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:

R070231

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070231.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.729(4)Å b: 8.915(3)Å c: 5.247(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 106.09(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 437.3(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Augite
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]
Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Augites, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 406-406 [view file]
Gimma G (1730) Del nome, del colore, e dello spezie della Turchina, in Della Storia Naturale Delle Gemme, Delle Pietre E Di Tutti I Minerali, Ovvero Della Fisica Sotterranea, volume 1 Muzio Napoli 280-282 [view file]
Werner A G (1792) Geognostische Beobachtungen, auf einer Reife durch einen Theil des böhmischen Mittelgebirges, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 215-266 [view file]
Emmerling L A (1793) Olivin, in Lehrbuch der Mineralogie Georg Friedrich Heyer Giessen 35-43 [view file]
Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]
Washington H S, Merwin H E (1927) The acmitic pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 12, 233-252 [view file]
Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752
Aleksandrov K S, Ryzhova T V, Belikov B P (1964) The elastic properties of pyroxenes, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 589-591 [view file]
Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]
Rutstein M S, Yund R A (1969) Unit-cell parameters of synthetic diopside-hedenbergite solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 54, 238-245 [view file]
Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal structure refinement and optical properties of a Ti³⁺ fassaite from the Allende Meteorite, American Mineralogist, 58, 230-242 [view file]
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]
Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]
Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Ballaran T B, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (1998) Structural mechanisms of solid solution and cation ordering in augite-jadeite pyroxenes: I. A macroscopic perspective, American Mineralogist, 83, 419-433
Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]
Bindi L, Safonov O G, Yapaskurt V O, Perchuk L L, Menchetti S (2003) Ultrapotassic clinopyroxene from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond mine, Kokchetav Complex, Kazakhstan: occurrence, composition and crystal-chemical characterization, American Mineralogist, 88, 464-468 [view file]
Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154
Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]
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]
Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114
Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485
Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]
Ferrari S, Nestola F, Massironi M, Maturilli A, Helbert J, Alvaro M, Domenghetti M C, Zorzi F (2014) In-situ high-temperature emissivity spectra and thermal expansion of C2/c pyroxenes: Implications for the surface of Mercury, American Mineralogist, 99, 786-792
Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178
Murri M, Scandolo L, Fioretti A M, Nestola F, Domeneghetti C M, Alvaro M (2016) The role of Fe content on the Fe-Mg exchange reaction in augite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2747-2750
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918
Xu J, Zhang D, Dera P, Zhang B, Fan D (2017) Experimental evidence for the survival of augite to transition zone depths, and implications for subduction zone dynamics, American Mineralogist, 102, 1516-1524
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]

REFERENCES for Augite

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]

Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Augites, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 406-406 [view file]

Gimma G (1730) Del nome, del colore, e dello spezie della Turchina, in Della Storia Naturale Delle Gemme, Delle Pietre E Di Tutti I Minerali, Ovvero Della Fisica Sotterranea, volume 1 Muzio Napoli 280-282 [view file]

Werner A G (1792) Geognostische Beobachtungen, auf einer Reife durch einen Theil des böhmischen Mittelgebirges, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 215-266 [view file]

Emmerling L A (1793) Olivin, in Lehrbuch der Mineralogie Georg Friedrich Heyer Giessen 35-43 [view file]

Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file]

Washington H S, Merwin H E (1927) The acmitic pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 12, 233-252 [view file]

Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752

Aleksandrov K S, Ryzhova T V, Belikov B P (1964) The elastic properties of pyroxenes, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 589-591 [view file]

Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file]

Rutstein M S, Yund R A (1969) Unit-cell parameters of synthetic diopside-hedenbergite solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 54, 238-245 [view file]

Dowty E, Clark J R (1973) Crystal structure refinement and optical properties of a Ti³⁺ fassaite from the Allende Meteorite, American Mineralogist, 58, 230-242 [view file]

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]

Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]

Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Ballaran T B, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (1998) Structural mechanisms of solid solution and cation ordering in augite-jadeite pyroxenes: I. A macroscopic perspective, American Mineralogist, 83, 419-433

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]

Bindi L, Safonov O G, Yapaskurt V O, Perchuk L L, Menchetti S (2003) Ultrapotassic clinopyroxene from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond mine, Kokchetav Complex, Kazakhstan: occurrence, composition and crystal-chemical characterization, American Mineralogist, 88, 464-468 [view file]

Boffa Ballaran T, Carpenter M A (2003) Line broadening and enthalpy: Some empirical calibrations of solid solution behaviour from IR spectra, Phase Transitions, 76, 137-154

Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]

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]

Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114

Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485

Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]

Ferrari S, Nestola F, Massironi M, Maturilli A, Helbert J, Alvaro M, Domenghetti M C, Zorzi F (2014) In-situ high-temperature emissivity spectra and thermal expansion of C2/c pyroxenes: Implications for the surface of Mercury, American Mineralogist, 99, 786-792

Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178

Murri M, Scandolo L, Fioretti A M, Nestola F, Domeneghetti C M, Alvaro M (2016) The role of Fe content on the Fe-Mg exchange reaction in augite, American Mineralogist, 101, 2747-2750

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918

Xu J, Zhang D, Dera P, Zhang B, Fan D (2017) Experimental evidence for the survival of augite to transition zone depths, and implications for subduction zone dynamics, American Mineralogist, 102, 1516-1524

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]