Clintonite R070196 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Clintonite R070196

Name: Clintonite
RRUFF ID: R070196
Ideal Chemistry: CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Locality: Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology CIT-2538 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Transparent green micaceous single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Groups: [ mica (50) ] [ Clay (86) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070196.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.97◻_0.03)_Σ=1(Al_0.90Fe³⁺_0.10)_Σ=1Mg_2.00(Si_1.18Al_2.82)_Σ=3O₁₀((OH)_1.88O_0.12)_Σ=2; OH estimated by charge balance
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070196

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070196.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.184(4)Å b: 8.97(1)Å c: 9.76(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 100.15(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 447.3(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Clintonite
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]
Mather W W (1843) Metamorphic rocks of the highlands, and of Saratoga and Washington counties, in Geology of New York Part 1. Comprising the Geology of the First Geological District Carroll and Cook Albany 467-467 [view file]
Takéuchi Y, Sadanaga R (1959) The crystal structure of xanthophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 945-946
Forman S A, Kodama H, Abbey S (1967) A re-examination of xanthophyllite [clintonite] from the type locality, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 25-30 [view file]
Manning P G (1968) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 663-677 [view file]
Annersten H, Olesch M (1978) Distribution of ferrous and ferric iron in clintonite and the Mössbauer characteristics of ferric iron in tetrahedral coordination, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 199-203 [view file]
MacKinney J A, Mora C I, Bailey S W (1988) Structure and crystal chemistry of clintonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 365-375 [view file]
Alietti E, Brigatti M F, Poppi L (1997) Clintonite-1M: Crystal chemistry and its relationships to closely associated Al-rich phlogopite, American Mineralogist, 82, 936-945 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]

REFERENCES for Clintonite

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]

Mather W W (1843) Metamorphic rocks of the highlands, and of Saratoga and Washington counties, in Geology of New York Part 1. Comprising the Geology of the First Geological District Carroll and Cook Albany 467-467 [view file]

Takéuchi Y, Sadanaga R (1959) The crystal structure of xanthophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 945-946

Forman S A, Kodama H, Abbey S (1967) A re-examination of xanthophyllite [clintonite] from the type locality, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 25-30 [view file]

Manning P G (1968) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 663-677 [view file]

Annersten H, Olesch M (1978) Distribution of ferrous and ferric iron in clintonite and the Mössbauer characteristics of ferric iron in tetrahedral coordination, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 199-203 [view file]

MacKinney J A, Mora C I, Bailey S W (1988) Structure and crystal chemistry of clintonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 365-375 [view file]

Alietti E, Brigatti M F, Poppi L (1997) Clintonite-1M: Crystal chemistry and its relationships to closely associated Al-rich phlogopite, American Mineralogist, 82, 936-945 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]