N R130243 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Berlinite R130243

Name: Berlinite
RRUFF ID: R130243
Ideal Chemistry: Al(PO₄)
Locality: Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive white to gray vitreous, associated with lazulite, muscovite and apatite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Quartz (11) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130243

Wavelength:

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:

R130243.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.939(3)Å b: 4.939(3)Å c: 10.946(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 231.20(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Berlinite
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]
Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212 [view file]
Huttenlocher H F (1935) Kristallstruktur des aluminiumorthophosphates AlPO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 90, 508-516 [view file]
Scott J F (1971) Raman spectra and lattice dynamics of α-berlinite (AlPO₄), Physical Review B, 4, 1360-1366
Jayaraman A, Wood D L, Maines R G (1987) High-pressure Raman study of the vibrational modes in AlPO₄ and SiO₂ (α-quartz), Physical Review B, 35, 8316-8321
Muraoka Y, Kihara K (1997) The temperature dependence of the crystal structure of berlinite, a quartz-type form of AlPO₄, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 24, 243-253
Ouillon R, Pinan-Lucarre J P, Ranson P (2000) Anharmonicity of zone-centre optical phonons: Raman spectra of the isomorphous α-quartz, berlinite and gallium phosphate in the temperature range 8–300 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 31, 605-613
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Cora F, Alfredsson M, Barker C M, Bell R G, Foster M D, Saadoune I, Simperler A, Catlow C R A (2003) Modeling the framework stability and catalytic activity of pure and transition metal - doped zeotypes, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 176, 496-529
Gregora I, Magneron N, Simon P, Luspin Y, Raimboux N, Philippot E (2003) Raman study of AlPO₄ (berlinite) at the α–β transition, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 15, 4487-4501
Onac B P, White W B (2003) First reported sedimentary occurrence of berlinite (AlPO4) in phosphate-bearing, American Mineralogist, 88, 1395-1397 [view file]
Marincea S, Dumitras D G (2005) First reported sedimentary occurrence of berlinite (AlPO₄) in phosphate-bearing sediments from Cioclovina Cave, Romania—comment, American Mineralogist, 90, 1203-1208 [view file]
Onac B P, Effenberger H S (2007) Re-examination of berlinite (AlPO₄) from the Cioclovina Cave, Romania, American Mineralogist, 92, 1998-2001 [view file]
Grey I E, Kampf A R, Keck E, MacRae C M, Cashion J D, Gozukara Y (2018) Crystal chemistry of schoonerite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 621-634 [view file]
Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020

REFERENCES for Berlinite

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]

Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212 [view file]

Huttenlocher H F (1935) Kristallstruktur des aluminiumorthophosphates AlPO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 90, 508-516 [view file]

Scott J F (1971) Raman spectra and lattice dynamics of α-berlinite (AlPO₄), Physical Review B, 4, 1360-1366

Jayaraman A, Wood D L, Maines R G (1987) High-pressure Raman study of the vibrational modes in AlPO₄ and SiO₂ (α-quartz), Physical Review B, 35, 8316-8321

Muraoka Y, Kihara K (1997) The temperature dependence of the crystal structure of berlinite, a quartz-type form of AlPO₄, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 24, 243-253

Ouillon R, Pinan-Lucarre J P, Ranson P (2000) Anharmonicity of zone-centre optical phonons: Raman spectra of the isomorphous α-quartz, berlinite and gallium phosphate in the temperature range 8–300 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 31, 605-613

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Cora F, Alfredsson M, Barker C M, Bell R G, Foster M D, Saadoune I, Simperler A, Catlow C R A (2003) Modeling the framework stability and catalytic activity of pure and transition metal - doped zeotypes, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 176, 496-529

Gregora I, Magneron N, Simon P, Luspin Y, Raimboux N, Philippot E (2003) Raman study of AlPO₄ (berlinite) at the α–β transition, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 15, 4487-4501

Onac B P, White W B (2003) First reported sedimentary occurrence of berlinite (AlPO4) in phosphate-bearing, American Mineralogist, 88, 1395-1397 [view file]

Marincea S, Dumitras D G (2005) First reported sedimentary occurrence of berlinite (AlPO₄) in phosphate-bearing sediments from Cioclovina Cave, Romania—comment, American Mineralogist, 90, 1203-1208 [view file]

Onac B P, Effenberger H S (2007) Re-examination of berlinite (AlPO₄) from the Cioclovina Cave, Romania, American Mineralogist, 92, 1998-2001 [view file]

Grey I E, Kampf A R, Keck E, MacRae C M, Cashion J D, Gozukara Y (2018) Crystal chemistry of schoonerite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 621-634 [view file]

Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020