OLA R060892 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Eskolaite R060892

Name: Eskolaite
RRUFF ID: R060892
Ideal Chemistry: Cr₂O₃
Locality: Outokumpu, Finland
Source: Michael Scott S101026 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black submetallic hexagonal prisms
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Corundum (38) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060892.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060892

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060892.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.957(3)Å b: 4.957(3)Å c: 13.589(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 289.4(1)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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
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REFERENCES for Eskolaite
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]
Kouvo O, Vuorelainen Y (1958) Eskolaite, a new chromium mineral, American Mineralogist, 43, 1098-1106 [view file]
Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file]
Newnham R E, de Haan Y M (1962) Refinement of the α Al₂O₃, Ti₂O₃, V₂O₃ and Cr₂O₃ structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 117, 235-237 [view file]
Finger L W, Hazen R M (1980) Crystal structure and isothermal compression of Fe₂O₃, Cr₂O₃, and V₂O₃ to 50 kbars, Journal of Applied Physics, 51, 5362-5367
Sawada H (1994) Residual electron density study of chromium sesquioxide by crystal structure and scattering factor refinement, Materials Research Bulletin, 29, 239-245
Belokoneva E L, Shcherbakova Y K (2003) Electron density in synthetic eskolaite Cr₂O₃ with a corundum structure and its relation to antiferromagnetic properties, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 861-869
Logvinova A M, Wirth R, Sobolev N V, Seryotkin Y V, Yefimova E S, Floss C, Taylor L A (2008) Eskolaite associated with diamond from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Russia, American Mineralogist, 93, 685-690 [view file]
Kantor A, Kantor I, Merlini M, Glazyrin K, Prescher C, Hanfland M, Dubrovinsky L (2012) High-pressure structural studies of eskolaite by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 97, 1764-1770 [view file]
Alexandre P, Peterson R C, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2014) High-Cr minerals from the Matoush Uranium Deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 61-75

REFERENCES for Eskolaite

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]

Kouvo O, Vuorelainen Y (1958) Eskolaite, a new chromium mineral, American Mineralogist, 43, 1098-1106 [view file]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file]

Newnham R E, de Haan Y M (1962) Refinement of the α Al₂O₃, Ti₂O₃, V₂O₃ and Cr₂O₃ structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 117, 235-237 [view file]

Finger L W, Hazen R M (1980) Crystal structure and isothermal compression of Fe₂O₃, Cr₂O₃, and V₂O₃ to 50 kbars, Journal of Applied Physics, 51, 5362-5367

Sawada H (1994) Residual electron density study of chromium sesquioxide by crystal structure and scattering factor refinement, Materials Research Bulletin, 29, 239-245

Belokoneva E L, Shcherbakova Y K (2003) Electron density in synthetic eskolaite Cr₂O₃ with a corundum structure and its relation to antiferromagnetic properties, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 861-869

Logvinova A M, Wirth R, Sobolev N V, Seryotkin Y V, Yefimova E S, Floss C, Taylor L A (2008) Eskolaite associated with diamond from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Russia, American Mineralogist, 93, 685-690 [view file]

Kantor A, Kantor I, Merlini M, Glazyrin K, Prescher C, Hanfland M, Dubrovinsky L (2012) High-pressure structural studies of eskolaite by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 97, 1764-1770 [view file]

Alexandre P, Peterson R C, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2014) High-Cr minerals from the Matoush Uranium Deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 61-75