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Ellenbergerite R070395

Name: Ellenbergerite
RRUFF ID: R070395
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₆(Mg,Ti,Zr,◻)₂(Al,Mg)₆Si₈O₂₈(OH)₁₀
Locality: Case Parigi, Martiniana Po, Varaita Valley, Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S104599 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple grain associated with a white platy chlorite mineral
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Ellenbergerite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070395.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070395

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070395.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.249(6)Å b: 12.249(6)Å c: 4.934(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 641.2(8)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Ellenbergerite
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]
Chopin C, Klaska R, Medenbach O, Dron D (1986) Ellenbergerite, a new high-pressure Mg-Al-(Ti,Zr)-silicate with a novel structure based on face-sharing octahedra, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 92, 316-321
Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file]
Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1993) Structural study of ellenbergerite. Part 1: Effects of high temperature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 819-829
Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1993) Structural study of ellenbergerite. Part II: Effects of high pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 831-838
Zubkova N V, Pushcharovskiĭ D Y, Pasero M, Chukanov N V, Merlino S (2007) Crystal structure of phosphorus-rich ellenbergerite, Crystallography Reports, 52, 199-202 [view file]
Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ellenbergerite

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]

Chopin C, Klaska R, Medenbach O, Dron D (1986) Ellenbergerite, a new high-pressure Mg-Al-(Ti,Zr)-silicate with a novel structure based on face-sharing octahedra, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 92, 316-321

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file]

Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1993) Structural study of ellenbergerite. Part 1: Effects of high temperature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 819-829

Comodi P, Zanazzi P F (1993) Structural study of ellenbergerite. Part II: Effects of high pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 831-838

Zubkova N V, Pushcharovskiĭ D Y, Pasero M, Chukanov N V, Merlino S (2007) Crystal structure of phosphorus-rich ellenbergerite, Crystallography Reports, 52, 199-202 [view file]

Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]