Edenite R050415 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Edenite R050415

Name: Edenite
RRUFF ID: R050415
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Mogok, Burma
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Transparent pale green water worn fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050415.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.83K_0.17)(Ca_1.76Na_0.24)_Σ=2(Mg_4.54Al_0.40Fe³⁺_0.06)_Σ=5(Si_6.74Al_1.26)O₂₂((OH)_0.52F_0.48)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

L01355

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -b [0 -1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050415

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050415.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050415.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.8784(3)Å b: 17.9756(9)Å c: 5.2832(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 105.104(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 905.74(7)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Edenite
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]
Glocker E F (1839) IX. Amphibolite 5. Edenische Hornblende oder Edenit, in Grundriss der Mineralogie mit Einschluss der Geognosie und Petrefactenkunde Verlag von Johann Leonhard Schrag Nürnberg 410-410 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Kearns L E, Kite L E, Leavens P B, Nelen J A (1980) Fluorine distribution in the hydrous silicate minerals of the Franklin Marble, Orange County, New York, American Mineralogist, 65, 557-562
Benimoff A I, Benoit P H, Moore P B, Sclar C B (1991) A unique manganese-rich silicic edenite in the Grenville marble, Fowler, New York, American Mineralogist, 76, 1431-1433
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]
Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91 [view file]
Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171

REFERENCES for Edenite

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]

Glocker E F (1839) IX. Amphibolite 5. Edenische Hornblende oder Edenit, in Grundriss der Mineralogie mit Einschluss der Geognosie und Petrefactenkunde Verlag von Johann Leonhard Schrag Nürnberg 410-410 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Kearns L E, Kite L E, Leavens P B, Nelen J A (1980) Fluorine distribution in the hydrous silicate minerals of the Franklin Marble, Orange County, New York, American Mineralogist, 65, 557-562

Benimoff A I, Benoit P H, Moore P B, Sclar C B (1991) A unique manganese-rich silicic edenite in the Grenville marble, Fowler, New York, American Mineralogist, 76, 1431-1433

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91 [view file]

Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171