Pyrophyllite R050051 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

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Pyrophyllite R050051

Name: Pyrophyllite
RRUFF ID: R050051
Ideal Chemistry: Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Locality: Cottonstone Mountain, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13207 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radiating lamellar aggregates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Pyrophyllite (4) ]

Quick search: [ All Pyrophyllite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050051.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Al_.991Fe_.008Mg_.001)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unorientated Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050051

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unorientated Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050051.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050051.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.9815(4)Å b: 8.8219(4)Å c: 18.4808(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 95.83(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 807.95(9)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Pyrophyllite
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]
Hermann R (1829) Zerlegung des Pyrophyllits, eines neuen Minerals, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 15, 592-592 [view file]
Gruner J W (1934) The crystal structures of talc and pyrophyllite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 412-419 [view file]
Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The occurrence of kyanite, andalusite, pyrophyllite and kaolinite in lower Proterozoic (Huronian) rocks of Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 287-287 [view file]
Brindley G W, Wardle R (1970) Monoclinic and triclinic forms of pyrophyllite and pyrophyllite anhydride, American Mineralogist, 55, 1259-1272 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Holdaway M J (1981) Errata, American Mineralogist, 66, 1281-1281 [view file]
Lee J H, Guggenheim S (1981) Single crystal X-ray refinement of pyrophyllite-1Tc, American Mineralogist, 66, 350-357 [view file]
Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]
Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]
Nickel E H (1993) Standardization of polytype suffixes, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 756-756 [view file]
Kogure T, Jige M, Kameda J, Yamagishi A, Miyawaki R, Kitagawa R (2006) Stacking structures in pyrophyllite revealed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), American Mineralogist, 91, 1293-1299 [view file]
Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Wang J Y, Groat L A, Lager G A, Wang L, Beran A, Bismayer U (2007) Temperature dependence of IR absorption of hydrous/hydroxyl species in minerals and synthetic materials, American Mineralogist, 92, 1502-1517 [view file]
Drits V A, Guggenheim S, Zviagina B B, Kogure T (2012) Structures of the 2:1 layers of pyrophyllite and talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 60, 574-587 [view file]
Sakuma H, Kawai K, Kogure T (2020) Interlayer energy of pyrophyllite: Implications for macroscopic friction, American Mineralogist, 105, 1204-1211

REFERENCES for Pyrophyllite

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]

Hermann R (1829) Zerlegung des Pyrophyllits, eines neuen Minerals, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 15, 592-592 [view file]

Gruner J W (1934) The crystal structures of talc and pyrophyllite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 412-419 [view file]

Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The occurrence of kyanite, andalusite, pyrophyllite and kaolinite in lower Proterozoic (Huronian) rocks of Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 287-287 [view file]

Brindley G W, Wardle R (1970) Monoclinic and triclinic forms of pyrophyllite and pyrophyllite anhydride, American Mineralogist, 55, 1259-1272 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Holdaway M J (1981) Errata, American Mineralogist, 66, 1281-1281 [view file]

Lee J H, Guggenheim S (1981) Single crystal X-ray refinement of pyrophyllite-1Tc, American Mineralogist, 66, 350-357 [view file]

Papike J J (1988) Chemistry of the rock-forming silicates: Multiple-chain, sheet, and framework structures, Reviews of Geophysics, 26, 407-444 [view file]

Ghent E D, Stout M Z, Ferri F (1989) Chloritoid–paragonite–pyrophyllite and stilpnomelane-bearing rocks near Blackwater Mountain, western Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 59-66 [view file]

Nickel E H (1993) Standardization of polytype suffixes, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 756-756 [view file]

Kogure T, Jige M, Kameda J, Yamagishi A, Miyawaki R, Kitagawa R (2006) Stacking structures in pyrophyllite revealed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), American Mineralogist, 91, 1293-1299 [view file]

Zhang M, Salje E K H, Carpenter M A, Wang J Y, Groat L A, Lager G A, Wang L, Beran A, Bismayer U (2007) Temperature dependence of IR absorption of hydrous/hydroxyl species in minerals and synthetic materials, American Mineralogist, 92, 1502-1517 [view file]

Drits V A, Guggenheim S, Zviagina B B, Kogure T (2012) Structures of the 2:1 layers of pyrophyllite and talc, Clays and Clay Minerals, 60, 574-587 [view file]

Sakuma H, Kawai K, Kogure T (2020) Interlayer energy of pyrophyllite: Implications for macroscopic friction, American Mineralogist, 105, 1204-1211