A R050487 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Elbaite R050487

Name: Elbaite
RRUFF ID: R050487
Ideal Chemistry: Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Locality: White Queen mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology 9365
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Mass of blue acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050487.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.86◻_0.13Ca_0.01)(Al_0.42Li_0.38Fe²⁺_0.18Mn_0.02)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈((OH)_0.85F_0.15)₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

M00967

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050487

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050487.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050487.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.8993(6)Å b: 15.8993(6)Å c: 7.1233(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 1559.4(1)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Elbaite
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]
Vernadsky W (1913) Über die chemische Formel der Turmaline, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 53, 273-288 [view file]
Donnay G, Barton R (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of elbaite and the mechanism of tourmaline solid solution, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 273-286
Alvarez M A, Coy-Yll R (1978) Raman spectra of tourmaline, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 34, 899-908
Schmetzer K, Nuber B, Abraham K (1979) Zur Kristallchemie Magnesium-reicher Turmaline, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 136, 93-112
Peng M, Mao H, Chen L, Chao E C T (1989) The polarized Raman spectra of tourmaline, Annual Report of the Director Geophysical Laboratory, 1989, 99-105 [view file]
Burns P C, MacDonald D J, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal chemistry of manganese-bearing elbaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 31-41 [view file]
Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940
Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770 [view file]
Bosi F, Andreozzi G B, Federico M, Graziani G, Lucchesi S (2005) Crystal chemistry of the elbaite-schorl series, American Mineralogist, 90, 1784-1792 [view file]
Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Ludwig T, Prasad P S R, Brandstätter F, Körner W, Schuster R, Pertlik F, Marschall H (2006) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 91, 1847-1856 [view file]
Shtukenberg A, Rozhdestvenskaya I, Frank-Kamenetskaya O, Bronzova J, Euler H, Kirfel A, Bannova I, Zolotarev A (2007) Symmetry and crystal structure of biaxial elbaite-liddicoatite tourmaline from the Transbaikalia region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 92, 675-686 [view file]
Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]
Diego Gatta G, Danisi R M, Adamo I, Meven M, Diella V (2012) A single-crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction study of elbaite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 39, 577-588
Vereshchagin O S, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Zolotarev A A, Mashkovtsev R I (2013) Crystal chemistry of Cu-bearing tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 98, 1610-1616
Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985
Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]
Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup, American Mineralogist, 108, 1053-1063

REFERENCES for Elbaite

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]

Vernadsky W (1913) Über die chemische Formel der Turmaline, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 53, 273-288 [view file]

Donnay G, Barton R (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of elbaite and the mechanism of tourmaline solid solution, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 273-286

Alvarez M A, Coy-Yll R (1978) Raman spectra of tourmaline, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 34, 899-908

Schmetzer K, Nuber B, Abraham K (1979) Zur Kristallchemie Magnesium-reicher Turmaline, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 136, 93-112

Peng M, Mao H, Chen L, Chao E C T (1989) The polarized Raman spectra of tourmaline, Annual Report of the Director Geophysical Laboratory, 1989, 99-105 [view file]

Burns P C, MacDonald D J, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal chemistry of manganese-bearing elbaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 31-41 [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770 [view file]

Bosi F, Andreozzi G B, Federico M, Graziani G, Lucchesi S (2005) Crystal chemistry of the elbaite-schorl series, American Mineralogist, 90, 1784-1792 [view file]

Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Ludwig T, Prasad P S R, Brandstätter F, Körner W, Schuster R, Pertlik F, Marschall H (2006) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 91, 1847-1856 [view file]

Shtukenberg A, Rozhdestvenskaya I, Frank-Kamenetskaya O, Bronzova J, Euler H, Kirfel A, Bannova I, Zolotarev A (2007) Symmetry and crystal structure of biaxial elbaite-liddicoatite tourmaline from the Transbaikalia region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 92, 675-686 [view file]

Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]

Diego Gatta G, Danisi R M, Adamo I, Meven M, Diella V (2012) A single-crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction study of elbaite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 39, 577-588

Vereshchagin O S, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Zolotarev A A, Mashkovtsev R I (2013) Crystal chemistry of Cu-bearing tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 98, 1610-1616

Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985

Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]

Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup, American Mineralogist, 108, 1053-1063