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Cacoxenite R070141

Name: Cacoxenite
RRUFF ID: R070141
Ideal Chemistry: Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O
Locality: Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S103919 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radial aggregates of brownish yellow acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070141.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070141

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070141.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 27.53(1)Å b: 27.53(1)Å c: 10.563(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 6936(9)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Cacoxenite
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]
Steinmann J (1826) 47. Kakoxen, Handbuch der Oryktognosie, 2, 749-750 [view file]
Steinmann J (1826) Kákoxèn, Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre, 8, 446-446 [view file]
Church A H (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12 [view file]
Moore P B, Shen J (1983) An X-ray structural study of cacoxenite, a mineral phosphate, Nature, 306, 356-358
Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [view file]
Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link]
Аvdontceva M S, Krivovichev S V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Bocharov V N, Vlasenko N S, Spiridonova D (2022) Cаcoxenite - a complex phosphate with modular structure, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 151, 71-83 [view file]

REFERENCES for Cacoxenite

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]

Steinmann J (1826) 47. Kakoxen, Handbuch der Oryktognosie, 2, 749-750 [view file]

Steinmann J (1826) Kákoxèn, Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre, 8, 446-446 [view file]

Church A H (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12 [view file]

Moore P B, Shen J (1983) An X-ray structural study of cacoxenite, a mineral phosphate, Nature, 306, 356-358

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [view file]

Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link]

Аvdontceva M S, Krivovichev S V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Bocharov V N, Vlasenko N S, Spiridonova D (2022) Cаcoxenite - a complex phosphate with modular structure, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 151, 71-83 [view file]