Ettringite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ettringite R070208

Name: Ettringite
RRUFF ID: R070208
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O
Locality: Hatrurim Formation, Negev Desert, West of Dead Sea, southern Israel
Source: Michael Scott S100454 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Canary yellow to colorless prismatic and tabular hexagonal crystals associated with colorless afwillite, R070296.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Ettringite (6) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070208

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070208.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.245(2)Å b: 11.245(2)Å c: 21.468(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 2351.2(8)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Ettringite
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]
Lehmann J (1874) Über den Ettringit, ein neues Mineral, in Kalkeinschlüssen der Lava von Ettringen (Laacher Gebiet), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1874, 273-275 [view file]
Bannister F A, Hey M H, Bernal J D (1936) Ettringite from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 324-329 [view file]
Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file]
Murdoch J, Chalmers R A (1960) Ettringite (“woodfordite”) from Crestmore, California, American Mineralogist, 45, 1275-1278 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Moore A, Taylor H F W (1968) Crystal structure of ettringite, Nature, 218, 1048-1049
Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file]
Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Duggan M (1983) Sturmanite, a ferric iron, boron analogue of ettringite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 705-709 [view file]
Antao S M, Duane M J, Hassan I (2002) DTA, TG, and XRD studies of sturmanite and ettringite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1403-1409 [view file]
Zhou Q, Lachowski E E, Glasser F P (2004) Metaettringite, a decomposition product of ettringite, Cement and Concrete Research, 34, 703-710 [view file]
Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2006) Refined ettringite (Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂O) structure for quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis, Powder Diffraction, 21, 4-11
Hartman M R, Berliner R (2006) Investigation of the structure of ettringite by time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction techniques, Cement and Concrete Research, 36, 364-370
Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Van K V, Möckel S, Zadov A E (2012) Kottenheimite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)₂·12H₂O, a new member of the ettringite group from the Eifel area, Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 55-63 [view file]
Chukanov N V, Kasatkin A V, Zubkova N V, Britvin S N, Pautov L A, Pekov I V, Varlamov D A, Bychkova Y V, Loskutov A B, Novgorodova E A (2016) Tatarinovite Ca₃Al(SO₄)[B(OH)₄](OH)₆·12H₂O, a new ettringite-group mineral from the Bazhenovskoe Deposit, Middle Urals, Russia, and its crystal structure, Geology of Ore Deposits, 58, 653-665 [view file]
Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908
Gatta G D, Hålenius U, Bosi F, Cañadillas-Delgado L, Fernandez-Diaz M T (2019) Minerals in cement chemistry: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of ettringite, Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O, American Mineralogist, 104, 73-78 [view file]
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Ettringite

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]

Lehmann J (1874) Über den Ettringit, ein neues Mineral, in Kalkeinschlüssen der Lava von Ettringen (Laacher Gebiet), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1874, 273-275 [view file]

Bannister F A, Hey M H, Bernal J D (1936) Ettringite from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 324-329 [view file]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file]

Murdoch J, Chalmers R A (1960) Ettringite (“woodfordite”) from Crestmore, California, American Mineralogist, 45, 1275-1278 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Moore A, Taylor H F W (1968) Crystal structure of ettringite, Nature, 218, 1048-1049

Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file]

Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Duggan M (1983) Sturmanite, a ferric iron, boron analogue of ettringite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 705-709 [view file]

Antao S M, Duane M J, Hassan I (2002) DTA, TG, and XRD studies of sturmanite and ettringite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1403-1409 [view file]

Zhou Q, Lachowski E E, Glasser F P (2004) Metaettringite, a decomposition product of ettringite, Cement and Concrete Research, 34, 703-710 [view file]

Goetz-Neunhoeffer F, Neubauer J (2006) Refined ettringite (Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂O) structure for quantitative X-ray diffraction analysis, Powder Diffraction, 21, 4-11

Hartman M R, Berliner R (2006) Investigation of the structure of ettringite by time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction techniques, Cement and Concrete Research, 36, 364-370

Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Van K V, Möckel S, Zadov A E (2012) Kottenheimite, Ca₃Si(OH)₆(SO₄)₂·12H₂O, a new member of the ettringite group from the Eifel area, Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 55-63 [view file]

Chukanov N V, Kasatkin A V, Zubkova N V, Britvin S N, Pautov L A, Pekov I V, Varlamov D A, Bychkova Y V, Loskutov A B, Novgorodova E A (2016) Tatarinovite Ca₃Al(SO₄)[B(OH)₄](OH)₆·12H₂O, a new ettringite-group mineral from the Bazhenovskoe Deposit, Middle Urals, Russia, and its crystal structure, Geology of Ore Deposits, 58, 653-665 [view file]

Geng G, Myers R J, Kilcoyne A L D, Ha J, Monteiro P J M (2017) Ca L_2,3-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure of tricalcium aluminate, gypsum, and calcium (sulfo)aluminate hydrates, American Mineralogist, 102, 900-908

Gatta G D, Hålenius U, Bosi F, Cañadillas-Delgado L, Fernandez-Diaz M T (2019) Minerals in cement chemistry: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of ettringite, Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O, American Mineralogist, 104, 73-78 [view file]

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456