A R060043 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Richterite R060043

Name: Richterite
RRUFF ID: R060043
Ideal Chemistry: Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13132 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown transparent stubby prismatic single crystal associated with calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060043.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.45K_0.25◻_0.30)(Ca_0.78Na_1.18Mn_0.04)_Σ=2(Mg_4.25Mn_0.75)_Σ=5(Si_0.97Fe³⁺_0.02Al_0.01)₈O₂₂(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060043

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:

R060043.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060043.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.9126(6)Å b: 18.035(1)Å c: 5.2761(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.100(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 914.82(9)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Richterite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1865) Mineralogische Studien. 25. Richterit, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 24, 364-364 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Steel E, Wylie A (1981) Mineralogical characteristics of asbestos, 1, in Geology of Asbestos Deposits Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI. 93-99
Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]
Dorling M, Zussman J (1985) An investigation of nephrite jade by electron microscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 31-36 [view file]
Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E, Hawthorne F C (1992) The behaviour of Ti in amphiboles: I. Four- and six-coordinate Ti in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 425-439
Oberti R, Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E (1993) The behaviour of Mn in amphiboles: Mn in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 43-51
Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C (1993) Rietveld structure refinement of synthetic strontium-rich potassium-richterites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 199-206
Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G, Robert J L, Welch M D, Raudsepp M, Jenkins D M (1997) A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join, American Mineralogist, 82, 708-716 [view file]
Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Zanetti A (2008) The crystal chemistry of alkali amphiboles from the Kajlidongri Manganese Mine, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 455-466 [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]
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Ventura G D (2016) Synthetic potassic-ferro-richterite: 1. Composition, crystal structure refinement, and HT Behavior by in operando single-crystal X-ray diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 353-369
Ventura G D, Redhammer G J, Robert J, Sergent J, Iezzi G, Cavallo A (2016) Crystal-chemistry of synthetic amphiboles along the richterite—ferro-richterite join: A combined spectroscopic (FTIR, Mössbauer), XRPD, and microchemical study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 97-114
Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950
Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312
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 Richterite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1865) Mineralogische Studien. 25. Richterit, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 24, 364-364 [view file]

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

Steel E, Wylie A (1981) Mineralogical characteristics of asbestos, 1, in Geology of Asbestos Deposits Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI. 93-99

Goldman D S, Rossman G R (1982) The identification of Fe²⁺ in the M4 site of calcic amphiboles: reply, American Mineralogist, 67, 340-342 [view file]

Dorling M, Zussman J (1985) An investigation of nephrite jade by electron microscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 31-36 [view file]

Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E, Hawthorne F C (1992) The behaviour of Ti in amphiboles: I. Four- and six-coordinate Ti in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 425-439

Oberti R, Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E (1993) The behaviour of Mn in amphiboles: Mn in richterite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 43-51

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C (1993) Rietveld structure refinement of synthetic strontium-rich potassium-richterites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 5, 199-206

Hawthorne F C, Della Ventura G, Robert J L, Welch M D, Raudsepp M, Jenkins D M (1997) A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join, American Mineralogist, 82, 708-716 [view file]

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Zanetti A (2008) The crystal chemistry of alkali amphiboles from the Kajlidongri Manganese Mine, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 455-466 [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]

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Ventura G D (2016) Synthetic potassic-ferro-richterite: 1. Composition, crystal structure refinement, and HT Behavior by in operando single-crystal X-ray diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 353-369

Ventura G D, Redhammer G J, Robert J, Sergent J, Iezzi G, Cavallo A (2016) Crystal-chemistry of synthetic amphiboles along the richterite—ferro-richterite join: A combined spectroscopic (FTIR, Mössbauer), XRPD, and microchemical study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 97-114

Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Susta U, Della Ventura G, Harlow G E (2018) Short-range order-disorder in gem richterite and pargasite from Afghanistan: Crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 939-950

Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

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]