Actinolite R120010 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Actinolite R120010

Name: Actinolite
RRUFF ID: R120010
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Quebec Lithium Corporation mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive aggregate of black bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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Raman Mode Analysis

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RRUFF ID:

R120010

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120010.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.873(2)Å b: 18.143(3)Å c: 5.3298(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.921(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 922.5(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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 Actinolite
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]
Kirwan R (1794) 16th species: actynolite, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 167-170 [view file]
Winchell A N (1931) Further studies in the amphibole group, American Mineralogist, 16, 250-266 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
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]
Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426
Dorling M, Zussman J (1985) An investigation of nephrite jade by electron microscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 31-36 [view file]
Arai S, Hirai H (1986) Nickeloan manganoan subcalcic actinolite in a metachert from the Mineoka belt, central Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 475-477 [view file]
Blount A M (1990) Detection and quantification of asbestos and other trace minerals in powdered industrial-mineral samples, in Process Mineralogy IX The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society, edited by W Petruk, R D Hagni, S Pignolet-Brandom, D M Hausen 557-570 [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]
Evans B W, Yang H (1998) Fe-Mg order-disorder in tremolite-actinolite-ferro-actinolte at ambient and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 83, 458-475 [view file]
Mikouchi T, Miyamoto M (2000) Micro Raman spectroscopy of amphiboles and pyroxenes in the martian meteorites Zagami and Lewis Cliff 88516, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 35, 155-159 [view file]
Verkouteren J R, Wylie A G (2000) The tremolite-actinolite-ferro–actinolite series: systematic relationships among cell parameters, composition, optical properties, and habit, and evidence of discontinuities, American Mineralogist, 85, 1239-1254 [view file]
Huang E P (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of amphiboles, Doctoral Dissertation, 1, 1-138 [view file]
Su S C (2003) A rapid and accurate procedure for the determination of refractive indices of regulated asbestos minerals, American Mineralogist, 88, 1979-1982 [view file]
Gopal N O, Narasimhulu K V, Rao J L (2004) EPR, optical, infrared and Raman spectral studies of actinolite mineral, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 60, 2441-2448 [link]
Day H W, Springer R K (2005) The first appearance of actinolite in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 89-104 [view file]
Millette J R, Bandli B R (2005) Asbestos identification using available standard methods, The Microscope, 53, 179-185
Petry R, Mastalerz R, Zahn S, Mayerhöfer T G, Völksch G, Viereck-Götte L, Kreher-Hartmann B, Holz L, Lankers M, Popp J (2006) Asbestos mineral analysis by UV Raman and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem, 7, 414-420 [view file]
Harper M, Lee E G, Doorn S S, Hammond O (2008) Differentiating non-asbestiform amphibole and amphibole asbestos by size characteristics, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5, 761-770 [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]
Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]
Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]
Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171
Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712
Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288
Pieczka A, Stachowicz M, Zelek-Pogudz S, Gołębiowska B, Sęk M, Nejbert K, Kotowski J, Marciniak-Maliszewska B, Szuszkiewicz A, Szełęg E, Stadnicka K M, Woźniak K (2024) Scandian actinolite from Jordanów Śląski, Lower Silesia, Poland: Compositional evolution, crystal structure, and genetic implications, American Mineralogist, 109, 174-183
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 Actinolite

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]

Kirwan R (1794) 16th species: actynolite, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 167-170 [view file]

Winchell A N (1931) Further studies in the amphibole group, American Mineralogist, 16, 250-266 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305

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

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]

Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426

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

Arai S, Hirai H (1986) Nickeloan manganoan subcalcic actinolite in a metachert from the Mineoka belt, central Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 475-477 [view file]

Blount A M (1990) Detection and quantification of asbestos and other trace minerals in powdered industrial-mineral samples, in Process Mineralogy IX The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society, edited by W Petruk, R D Hagni, S Pignolet-Brandom, D M Hausen 557-570 [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]

Evans B W, Yang H (1998) Fe-Mg order-disorder in tremolite-actinolite-ferro-actinolte at ambient and high temperature, American Mineralogist, 83, 458-475 [view file]

Mikouchi T, Miyamoto M (2000) Micro Raman spectroscopy of amphiboles and pyroxenes in the martian meteorites Zagami and Lewis Cliff 88516, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 35, 155-159 [view file]

Verkouteren J R, Wylie A G (2000) The tremolite-actinolite-ferro–actinolite series: systematic relationships among cell parameters, composition, optical properties, and habit, and evidence of discontinuities, American Mineralogist, 85, 1239-1254 [view file]

Huang E P (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of amphiboles, Doctoral Dissertation, 1, 1-138 [view file]

Su S C (2003) A rapid and accurate procedure for the determination of refractive indices of regulated asbestos minerals, American Mineralogist, 88, 1979-1982 [view file]

Gopal N O, Narasimhulu K V, Rao J L (2004) EPR, optical, infrared and Raman spectral studies of actinolite mineral, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 60, 2441-2448 [link]

Day H W, Springer R K (2005) The first appearance of actinolite in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 89-104 [view file]

Millette J R, Bandli B R (2005) Asbestos identification using available standard methods, The Microscope, 53, 179-185

Petry R, Mastalerz R, Zahn S, Mayerhöfer T G, Völksch G, Viereck-Götte L, Kreher-Hartmann B, Holz L, Lankers M, Popp J (2006) Asbestos mineral analysis by UV Raman and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem, 7, 414-420 [view file]

Harper M, Lee E G, Doorn S S, Hammond O (2008) Differentiating non-asbestiform amphibole and amphibole asbestos by size characteristics, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 5, 761-770 [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]

Apopei A I, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of amphiboles, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 57-83 [view file]

Gunter M E (2010) Defining asbestos: differences between the built and natural environments, Chimia, 64, 747-752

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]

Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 261, 161-171

Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712

Queffelec A, Fouéré P, Paris C, Stouvenot C, Bellot-Gurlet L (2018) Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 275-288

Pieczka A, Stachowicz M, Zelek-Pogudz S, Gołębiowska B, Sęk M, Nejbert K, Kotowski J, Marciniak-Maliszewska B, Szuszkiewicz A, Szełęg E, Stadnicka K M, Woźniak K (2024) Scandian actinolite from Jordanów Śląski, Lower Silesia, Poland: Compositional evolution, crystal structure, and genetic implications, American Mineralogist, 109, 174-183

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]