N R120033 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Riebeckite R120033

Name: Riebeckite
RRUFF ID: R120033
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black prismatic crystals associated with titanite, R120030
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R120033

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120033.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.820(1)Å b: 18.057(2)Å c: 5.3291(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 103.711(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 918.0(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Riebeckite
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]
Sauer A (1888) Ueber Riebeckit, ein neues Glied der Hornblendegruppe, sowie über Neubildung von Albit in granitischen Orthoklasen, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 40, 138-152 [view file]
White, A J R (1962) Aegirine-riebeckite shists from South Westland, New Zealand, Journal of Petrology, 3, 38-48
Colville A A, Gibbs G V (1964) Refinement of the crystal structure of riebeckite, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings, 82, 31-31
Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305
Borg I Y (1967) Optical properties and cell parameters in the glaucophane-riebeckite series, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 15, 67-92 [view file]
Manning P G, Nickel E H (1969) A spectral study of the origin of colour and pleochroism of a titanaugite from Kaiserstuhl and of a riebeckite St. Peter's Dome, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 71-83 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VIII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of fluor-riebeckite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 187-194 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Steel E, Wylie A (1981) Mineralogical characteristics of asbestos, 1, in Geology of Asbestos Deposits Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI. 93-99
Bard D, Yarwood J, Tylee B (1997) Asbestos fibre identification by Raman microspectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 803-809 [link]
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]
Su S C (2003) A rapid and accurate procedure for the determination of refractive indices of regulated asbestos minerals, American Mineralogist, 88, 1979-1982 [view file]
Rinaudo C, Belluso E, Gastaldi D (2004) Assessment of the use of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of amphibole asbestos, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 455-465 [view file]
Harper M, Lee E G, Doorn S S, Hammond O (2008) Differentiating non-asbestiform amphibole and amphibole asbestos by size characteristics, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5, 761-770 [view file]
Su S C (2008) in How to use the d-spacing/interfacial angle tables to index zone-axis patterns of amphibole asbestos minerals obtained by selected area electron diffraction in transmission electron microscope Asbestos Analysis Consulting Newark, Delaware 1-160 [view file]
Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]
Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Hawthorne F C, Redhammer G J, Susta U, Della Ventura G (2018) The high-temperature behaviour of riebeckite: expansivity, deprotonation, selective Fe oxidation and a novel cation disordering scheme for amphiboles, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 437-449
Susta U, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y A, Day M C, Mihailova B, Oberti R (2018) The crystal-chemistry of riebeckite, ideally Na₂Fe₃²⁺Fe₂³⁺Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂: a multi-technique study, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 837-852
Ventura G D, Mihailova B, Susta U, Guidi M C, Marcelli A, Schlüter J, Oberti R (2018) The dynamics of Fe oxidation in riebeckite: A model for amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 103, 1103-1111
Della Ventura G, Radica F, Galdenzi F, Susta U, Cinque G, Cestelli-Guidi M, Mihailova B, Marcelli A (2022) Kinetics of dehydrogenation of riebeckite Na₂Fe³⁺₂Fe²⁺₃Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂: An HT-FTIR study, American Mineralogist, 107, 754-764
Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312
Della Ventura G, Redhammer G J, Galdenzi F, Ventruti G, Susta U, Oberti R, Radica F, Marcelli A (2023) Oxidation or cation re-arrangement? Distinct behavior of riebeckite at high temperature, American Mineralogist, 108, 59-69

REFERENCES for Riebeckite

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]

Sauer A (1888) Ueber Riebeckit, ein neues Glied der Hornblendegruppe, sowie über Neubildung von Albit in granitischen Orthoklasen, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 40, 138-152 [view file]

White, A J R (1962) Aegirine-riebeckite shists from South Westland, New Zealand, Journal of Petrology, 3, 38-48

Colville A A, Gibbs G V (1964) Refinement of the crystal structure of riebeckite, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings, 82, 31-31

Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305

Borg I Y (1967) Optical properties and cell parameters in the glaucophane-riebeckite series, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 15, 67-92 [view file]

Manning P G, Nickel E H (1969) A spectral study of the origin of colour and pleochroism of a titanaugite from Kaiserstuhl and of a riebeckite St. Peter's Dome, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 71-83 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VIII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of fluor-riebeckite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 187-194 [view file]

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

Steel E, Wylie A (1981) Mineralogical characteristics of asbestos, 1, in Geology of Asbestos Deposits Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI. 93-99

Bard D, Yarwood J, Tylee B (1997) Asbestos fibre identification by Raman microspectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 803-809 [link]

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]

Su S C (2003) A rapid and accurate procedure for the determination of refractive indices of regulated asbestos minerals, American Mineralogist, 88, 1979-1982 [view file]

Rinaudo C, Belluso E, Gastaldi D (2004) Assessment of the use of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of amphibole asbestos, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 455-465 [view file]

Harper M, Lee E G, Doorn S S, Hammond O (2008) Differentiating non-asbestiform amphibole and amphibole asbestos by size characteristics, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5, 761-770 [view file]

Su S C (2008) in How to use the d-spacing/interfacial angle tables to index zone-axis patterns of amphibole asbestos minerals obtained by selected area electron diffraction in transmission electron microscope Asbestos Analysis Consulting Newark, Delaware 1-160 [view file]

Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]

Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Hawthorne F C, Redhammer G J, Susta U, Della Ventura G (2018) The high-temperature behaviour of riebeckite: expansivity, deprotonation, selective Fe oxidation and a novel cation disordering scheme for amphiboles, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 437-449

Susta U, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y A, Day M C, Mihailova B, Oberti R (2018) The crystal-chemistry of riebeckite, ideally Na₂Fe₃²⁺Fe₂³⁺Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂: a multi-technique study, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 837-852

Ventura G D, Mihailova B, Susta U, Guidi M C, Marcelli A, Schlüter J, Oberti R (2018) The dynamics of Fe oxidation in riebeckite: A model for amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 103, 1103-1111

Della Ventura G, Radica F, Galdenzi F, Susta U, Cinque G, Cestelli-Guidi M, Mihailova B, Marcelli A (2022) Kinetics of dehydrogenation of riebeckite Na₂Fe³⁺₂Fe²⁺₃Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂: An HT-FTIR study, American Mineralogist, 107, 754-764

Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

Della Ventura G, Redhammer G J, Galdenzi F, Ventruti G, Susta U, Oberti R, Radica F, Marcelli A (2023) Oxidation or cation re-arrangement? Distinct behavior of riebeckite at high temperature, American Mineralogist, 108, 59-69