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Mansfieldite R060951

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Name: Mansfieldite
RRUFF ID: R060951
Ideal Chemistry: Al(AsO4)·2H2O
Locality: Pampa Larga Mining District, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sharp pale rose crystals, fairly transparent.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060951.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Al0.89Fe3+0.11)Σ=1As1.00O4·2H2O; trace amounts of P, Mn, Ca, Na; H2O estimated by difference
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060951
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060951.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.818(5)Å    b: 9.816(8)Å    c: 10.094(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 874(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Mansfieldite

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]

Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 371-374   [view file]

Allen V T, Fahey J J, Axelrod J M (1948) Mansfieldite, a new arsenate, the aluminum analogue of scorodite, and the mansfieldite-scorodite series, American Mineralogist, 33, 122-132   [view file]

Harrison W T A (2000) Synthetic mansfieldite, AlAsO4·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C56, e421-e421

Zoppi M, Pratesi G (2009) Rietveld refinment of a natural cobaltian mansfieldite from synchrotron data, Acta Crystallographica, E65, i6-i7

Majzlan J, Nielsen U G, Dachs E, Benisek A, Drahota P, Kolitsch U, Herrmann J, Bolanz R, Števko M (2018) Thermodynamic properties of mansfieldite (AlAsO4·2H2O), angelellite (Fe4(AsO4)2O3) and kamarizaite (Fe3(AsO4)2(OH)3·3H2O), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1333-1354

Mills S J, Christy A G, Favreau G (2018) The crystal structure of ceruleite, CuAl4[AsO4]2(OH)8(H2O)4, from Cap Garonne, France, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 181-187