Ehrleite R180029
Name: Ehrleite
RRUFF ID: R180029
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3OH)·4H2O
Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Source: Tom Loomis TLYH-62 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless thick tabular crystals, twinned by a 2-fold parallel to (001)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R180029
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R180029.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.154(3)Å    b: 7.485(3)Å    c: 12.529(4)Å
alpha: 94.39(2)°    beta: 101.92(2)°    gamma: 82.76(2)°   Volume: 650.4(6)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Ehrleite

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]

Robinson G W, Grice J D, Van Velthuizen J (1985) Ehrleite, a new calcium beryllium zinc phosphate hydrate from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 507-510   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Grice J D (1987) The crystal structure of ehrleite, a tetrahedral sheet structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 767-774   [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 500-505   [view file]