Winchite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Winchite R061124

Name: Winchite
RRUFF ID: R061124
Ideal Chemistry: ◻(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Iratuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Source: Michael Scott S104952 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green prismatic crystals frozen in a matrix of calcite and mica
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061124.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(◻_0.65Na_0.31K_0.04)_Σ=1Na_1.00(Ca_0.97Mn_0.03)_Σ=1[(Mg_3.36Fe²⁺_0.64)_Σ=4(Al_0.55Fe³⁺_0.35)_Σ=1](Si_7.65Al_0.35)_Σ=8O₂₂((OH)_1.87F_0.13)_Σ=2
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061124

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061124.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.791(3)Å b: 17.983(6)Å c: 5.294(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.55(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 902.2(9)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Winchite
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]
Fermor L L (1906) Manganese in India, Transactions of the Mining and Geological Institute of India, 1, 69-131 [view file]
Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Wylie A G, Huggins C W (1980) Characteristics of a potassian winchite — asbestos from the Allamoore talc district, Texas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 101-107 [view file]
Ghose S, Kersten M, Langer K, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1986) Crystal field spectra and Jahn Teller effect of Mn³⁺ in clinopyroxene and clinoamphiboles from India, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 291-305
Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file]
Leake B E, Farrow C M, Chao F, Nayak V K (1986) Winchite re-discovered from the type locality in India, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 173-175 [view file]
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1112-1115 [view file]
Sokolova E V, Hawthorne F C, Gorbatova V, McCammon C, Schneider J (2001) Ferrian winchite from the Ilmen mountains, southern Urals, Russia and some problems with the current scheme for amphibole nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 171-177 [view file]
Su S C (2008) in How to use the d-spacing/interfacial angle tables to index zone-axis patterns of amphibole asbestos minerals obtained by selected area electron diffraction in transmission electron microscope Asbestos Analysis Consulting Newark, Delaware 1-160 [view file]
Jenkins D M, Ventura G D, Orberti R, Bozhilov K (2013) Synthesis and characterization of amphiboles along the tremolite-glaucophane join, American Mineralogist, 98, 588-600
Su S C in A preliminary characterization of “Libby-type amphiboles” by SAED (Selected Area Electron Diffraction) Batta Labratories, Inc. Newark, Delaware 1-7 [view file]

REFERENCES for Winchite

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]

Fermor L L (1906) Manganese in India, Transactions of the Mining and Geological Institute of India, 1, 69-131 [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Wylie A G, Huggins C W (1980) Characteristics of a potassian winchite — asbestos from the Allamoore talc district, Texas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 101-107 [view file]

Ghose S, Kersten M, Langer K, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1986) Crystal field spectra and Jahn Teller effect of Mn³⁺ in clinopyroxene and clinoamphiboles from India, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 291-305

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file]

Leake B E, Farrow C M, Chao F, Nayak V K (1986) Winchite re-discovered from the type locality in India, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 173-175 [view file]

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1112-1115 [view file]

Sokolova E V, Hawthorne F C, Gorbatova V, McCammon C, Schneider J (2001) Ferrian winchite from the Ilmen mountains, southern Urals, Russia and some problems with the current scheme for amphibole nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 171-177 [view file]

Su S C (2008) in How to use the d-spacing/interfacial angle tables to index zone-axis patterns of amphibole asbestos minerals obtained by selected area electron diffraction in transmission electron microscope Asbestos Analysis Consulting Newark, Delaware 1-160 [view file]

Jenkins D M, Ventura G D, Orberti R, Bozhilov K (2013) Synthesis and characterization of amphiboles along the tremolite-glaucophane join, American Mineralogist, 98, 588-600

Su S C in A preliminary characterization of “Libby-type amphiboles” by SAED (Selected Area Electron Diffraction) Batta Labratories, Inc. Newark, Delaware 1-7 [view file]