N R140143 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

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Lüneburgite R140143

Name: Lüneburgite
RRUFF ID: R140143
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O
Locality: Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive, vitreous, white with silky sheen, with minor limonitic staining
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R140143.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.4294(13)Å b: 9.9497(13)Å c: 6.4227(20) Å
alpha: 83.757(30)° beta: 106.357(30)° gamma: 96.066(30)° Volume: 390.68(20)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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REFERENCES for Lüneburgite
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]
Nöllner C (1870) Ueber den Lüneburgit, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 1, 291-293 [view file]
Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124 [view file]
Sen Gupta P K, Swihart G H, Dimitrijevic R (1991) The crystal structure of lüneburgite, Mg₃(H₂O)₆[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂], American Mineralogist, 76, 1400-1407 [view file]
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]
Kim H J, Furukawa Y, Kakegawa T, Bita A, Scorei R, Benner S A (2016) Evaporite borate-containing mineral ensembles make phosphate available and regiospecifically phosphorylate ribonucleosides: borate as a multifaceted problem solver in prebiotic chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 15816-15820
Korybska-Sadło I, Sitarz M, Król M, Gunia P (2016) Vibrational spectroscopic characterization of the magnesium borate-phosphate mineral lüneburgite, Spectroscopy Letters, 49, 606-612

REFERENCES for Lüneburgite

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]

Nöllner C (1870) Ueber den Lüneburgit, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 1, 291-293 [view file]

Schaller W T, Henderson E P (1932) Mineralogy of drill cores from the potash field of New Mexico and Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 833, 1-124 [view file]

Sen Gupta P K, Swihart G H, Dimitrijevic R (1991) The crystal structure of lüneburgite, Mg₃(H₂O)₆[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂], American Mineralogist, 76, 1400-1407 [view file]

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

Kim H J, Furukawa Y, Kakegawa T, Bita A, Scorei R, Benner S A (2016) Evaporite borate-containing mineral ensembles make phosphate available and regiospecifically phosphorylate ribonucleosides: borate as a multifaceted problem solver in prebiotic chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 15816-15820

Korybska-Sadło I, Sitarz M, Król M, Gunia P (2016) Vibrational spectroscopic characterization of the magnesium borate-phosphate mineral lüneburgite, Spectroscopy Letters, 49, 606-612