Ferrostrunzite R100079
Name: Ferrostrunzite
RRUFF ID: R100079
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O
Locality: Hornerstown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Source: Jeff Weissman [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radial sprays of colorless acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Strunzite (2) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100079
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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: R100079.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.051(8)Å    b: 9.816(7)Å    c: 7.310(4)Å
alpha: 91.03(2)°    beta: 96.68(3)°    gamma: 115.70(3)°   Volume: 643.6(6)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ferrostrunzite

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]

Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Simmons W B (1983) Ferrostrunzite, the ferrous iron analogue of strunzite from Mullica Hill, New Jersey, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 524-528

Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Francis C A, Langley R H, Kissin S A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 810-815   [view file]

van Tassel R, de Grave E (1992) Ferrostrunzite from Arnsberg, Sauerland, Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 207-212

Frost R L, Martens W N, Kloprogge T, Williams P A (2002) Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic manganese and ferric phosphate minerals: strunzite, ferrostrunzite and ferristrunzite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 481-496

Frost R L, Weier M, Lyon W G (2004) Metavivianite an intermediate mineral phase between vivianite, and ferro/ferristrunzite - a Raman spectroscopic study, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 228-240   [link]

Grey I E, Kampf A R (2018) Zeolitic water in strunzite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 291-299