Roselite R150066



Name: Roselite
RRUFF ID: R150066
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O
Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco
Source: William Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark rose-pink elongated or thick tabular crystals, associated with quartz and calcite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Roselite (18) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R150066
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.96(Co0.63Mg0.26Zn0.04Fe0.02Mn0.01)(As1.02O4)2·2H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R150066
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R150066.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.805(2)Å    b: 12.891(3)Å    c: 5.626(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 107.50(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 401.51(8)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Roselite

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]

Levy M, Children J G (1824) Account of a new mineral substance, The Annals of Philosophy, 8, 439-442   [view file]

Weisbach A (1877) Mineralogische Mittheilungen, Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, 1877, 42-53   [view file]

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Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1977) The crystal structure of roselite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 36-42   [view file]

Keller P, Hess H, Riffel H (1981) Die kristallstrukturen von zwei neuen calcium-zink-arsenat-mineralen von Tsumeb/Nambia, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 70-71   [view file]

Dunn P J, Sturman B D, Nelen J A (1987) Wendwilsonite, the Mg analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico, and new data on roselite, American Mineralogist, 72, 217-221   [view file]

Pekov I V, Vinogradova R A, Chukanov N V, Kulikova I M (2001) On magnesian and cobalt arsenates of the fairfieldite and roselite groups, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 4 10-23   [view file]

Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443

Frost R L (2009) Raman and infrared spectroscopy of arsenates of the roselite and fairfieldite mineral subgroups, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 71, 1788-1794

Yang H, Jenkins R A, Downs R T, Evans S H, Tait K T (2011) Rruffite, Ca2Cu(AsO4)2·2H2O, a new member of the roselite group, from Tierra Amarilla, Chile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 877-884   [view file]

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116   [view file]