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Nelenite R120150

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Name: Nelenite
RRUFF ID: R120150
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+16As3+3Si12O36(OH)17
Locality: Trotter mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive dark brown to pale brown grains
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ Pyrosmalite (9) ] [ Clay (86) ]
Quick search: [ All Nelenite samples (2) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R120150
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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: R120150.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 23.171(8)Å    b: 13.389(5)Å    c: 7.383(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.30(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2209.2(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Nelenite

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]

Dunn P J, Peacor D R (1984) Nelenite, a manganese arsenosilicate of the friedelite group, polymorphous with schallerite, from Franklin, New Jersey, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 271-275   [view file]

Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 871-881   [view file]