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

Margarite R060839

Name: Margarite
RRUFF ID: R060839
Ideal Chemistry: CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂
Locality: Old Emery mine, Chester, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100904 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale lilac mica associated with lilac colored axinite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060839.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_0.83Na_0.17)_Σ=1(Al_1.97Fe³⁺_0.02Mg_0.01)_Σ=2(Si_2.18Al_1.82)O₁₀(OH)₂
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060839

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060839.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.114(1)Å b: 8.872(3)Å c: 19.164(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 95.51(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 865.6(3)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 Margarite
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]
Senger W E (1821) Lepidolith, in Versuch einer Oryctographie der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol Wagner'schen Schristen Innsbruck 32-33 [view file]
Ross C S, Kerr P F (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 17, 1-18 [view file]
Guggenheim S, Bailey S W (1975) Refinement of the margarite structure in subgroup symmetry, American Mineralogist, 60, 1023-1029 [view file]
Joswig W, Takéuchi Y, Fuess H (1983) Neutron-diffraction study on the orientation of hydroxyl groups in margarite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 165, 295-303
Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]
Gal L P, Ghent E D (1991) Margarite-bearing pelites from the western Rocky Mountains, northwest of Golden, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 11-19 [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]
Bucher K, de Capitani C, Grapes R (2005) The development of a margarite-corundum blackwall by metasomatic alteration of a slice of mica schist in ultramafic rock, Kvesjöen, Norwegian Caledonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 129-156 [view file]
Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2011) Synthesis of Pb-zoisite and Pb-lawsonite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 99-110

REFERENCES for Margarite

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]

Senger W E (1821) Lepidolith, in Versuch einer Oryctographie der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol Wagner'schen Schristen Innsbruck 32-33 [view file]

Ross C S, Kerr P F (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 17, 1-18 [view file]

Guggenheim S, Bailey S W (1975) Refinement of the margarite structure in subgroup symmetry, American Mineralogist, 60, 1023-1029 [view file]

Joswig W, Takéuchi Y, Fuess H (1983) Neutron-diffraction study on the orientation of hydroxyl groups in margarite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 165, 295-303

Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file]

Gal L P, Ghent E D (1991) Margarite-bearing pelites from the western Rocky Mountains, northwest of Golden, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 11-19 [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]

Bucher K, de Capitani C, Grapes R (2005) The development of a margarite-corundum blackwall by metasomatic alteration of a slice of mica schist in ultramafic rock, Kvesjöen, Norwegian Caledonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 129-156 [view file]

Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2011) Synthesis of Pb-zoisite and Pb-lawsonite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 99-110