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Aerinite R050610

Name: Aerinite
RRUFF ID: R050610
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O
Locality: Estopinian, Province of Huesca, Spain
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue coating
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Aerinite
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]
von Lasaulx A (1876) Aërinit, ein neues Mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1876, 352-358 [view file]
Azambre B, Monchoux P (1988) Précisions minéralogiques sur l'aérinite: nouvelle occurrence à Saint-Pandelon (Landes, France), Bulletin de Minéralogie, 111, 39-47
Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grice J D (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 1492-1499 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1464-1468 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1826-1834 [view file]
Rius J, Elkaim E, Torrelles X (2004) Structure determination of the blue mineral pigment aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction data: The solution of an old riddle, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 127-134
Rius J, Crespi A, Roig A, Melgarejo J C (2009) Crystal-structure refinement of Fe³⁺-rich aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction and Mössbauer data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 233-240
Crespi A, Vallcobra O, Šics I, Rius J (2019) First identification and compositional study of brown aerinite directly on polished thin-sections by synchrotron through-the-substrate microdiffraction, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 999-1005

REFERENCES for Aerinite

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]

von Lasaulx A (1876) Aërinit, ein neues Mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 1876, 352-358 [view file]

Azambre B, Monchoux P (1988) Précisions minéralogiques sur l'aérinite: nouvelle occurrence à Saint-Pandelon (Landes, France), Bulletin de Minéralogie, 111, 39-47

Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grice J D (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 1492-1499 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1464-1468 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1826-1834 [view file]

Rius J, Elkaim E, Torrelles X (2004) Structure determination of the blue mineral pigment aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction data: The solution of an old riddle, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 127-134

Rius J, Crespi A, Roig A, Melgarejo J C (2009) Crystal-structure refinement of Fe³⁺-rich aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction and Mössbauer data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 233-240

Crespi A, Vallcobra O, Šics I, Rius J (2019) First identification and compositional study of brown aerinite directly on polished thin-sections by synchrotron through-the-substrate microdiffraction, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 999-1005