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Kutnohorite R060473


 Name: Kutnohorite
RRUFF ID: R060473
Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+(CO3)2
Locality: N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Source: Michael Scott S100370 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of parallel pink colored acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060473.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00(Mn2+0.63Ca0.35Mg0.02)(CO3)2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: L00557
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -c   [0 0 -1].
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RRUFF ID: R060473
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060473.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixture with a second carbonate phase
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.9171(6)Å    b: 4.9171(6)Å    c: 16.607(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 347.73(9)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kutnohorite

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]

Bukovský A (1901) Nové nerosty kutnohorské, Věstník III. Sjezdu Českých Přírodozpytcův a Lékařů v Praze, 293-293   [view file]

Bukovský A (1901) Einige Mineralien von Kuttenberg, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1901, 504-504   [view file]

Bukovský A (1902) Kutnohorské nerosty manganté, 3-12   [view file]

Bukowský A (1903) Kuttenberger Manganmineralien, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1903, 338-339   [view file]

Frondel C, Bauer L H (1955) Kutnahorite: A manganese dolomite, CaMn(CO3)2, American Mineralogist, 40, 748-760   [view file]

Žák L, Povondra P (1981) Kutnohorite from the Chvaletice pyrite and manganese deposit, east Bohemia, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 28, 55-63

Peacor D R, Essene E J, Gaines A M (1987) Petrologic and crystal-chemical implications of cation order-disorder in kutnahorite [CaMn(CO3)2], American Mineralogist, 72, 319-328   [view file]

Farkas L, Bolzenius B H, Schäfer W, Will G (1988) The crystal structure of kutnohorite CaMn(CO3)2, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 539-546

Polgári M, Bajnóczi B, Kovács Kis V, Götze J, Dobosi G, Tóth M, Vigh T (2007) Mineralogical and cathodoluminescence characteristics of Ca-rich kutnohorite from the Úrkút Mn-carbonate mineralization, Hungary, Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 493-508   [view file]

Palaich S E M, Heffern R A, Watenphul A, Knight J, Kavner A (2015) High-pressure compressibility and phase stability of Mn-dolomite (kutnohorite), American Mineralogist, 100, 2242-2245