Rhodizite R110072



Name: Rhodizite
RRUFF ID: R110072
Ideal Chemistry: KBe4Al4(B11Be)O28
Locality: Sahanivotry, Sud Antzirabe, Madagascar
Source: Renato & Adriana Pagano
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow dodecahedra
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Rhodizite (2) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.
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RRUFF ID: R110072
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110072.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.293(2)Å    b: 7.293(2)Å    c: 7.293(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 387.82(3)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Rhodizite

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]

Rose G (1834) Ueber den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 33, 253-256   [view file]

Buerger M J, Taxer K J (1966) Rhodizite: structure and composition, Science, 152, 500-502

Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 529-534   [view file]

Taxer K, Buerger M J (1967) The crystal structure of rhodizite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 423-436   [view file]

Pring A, Din V K, Jefferson D A, Thomas J M (1986) The crystal chemistry of rhodizite: a re-examination, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 163-172   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199   [view file]

Laurs B M, F Pezzotta, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Muhlmeister S (2002) Rhodizite-londonite from the Antsongombato pegmatite, central Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 326-339   [view file]

Pekov I V, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V, Kononkova N N, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2010) Londonite from the Urals, and new aspects of the crystal chemistry of the rhodozite-londonite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 241-254   [view file]