Staurolite R080120


Name: Staurolite
RRUFF ID: R080120
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Locality: Bahia, Brazil
Source: Shinichi Kihara [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown cruciform twins
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Staurolite (2) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080120
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080120.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.878(2)Å    b: 16.652(4)Å    c: 5.665(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 743.2(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Staurolite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Koch-Müller M, Kahlenberg V, Bubenick W, Gottschalk M (1998) Crystal-structure refinement of synthetic Fe- and Mg-staurolite by Rietveld analysis of X-ray powder-diffraction data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 453-460

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Marzouki M A, Souvignier B, Nespolo M (2014) The staurolite enigma solved, Acta Crystallographica, A70, 348-353

Nespolo M, Moëlo Y (2019) Structural interpretation of a new twin in staurolite from Coray, Brittany, France, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 785-790