Riebeckite R050082

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Name: Riebeckite
RRUFF ID: R050082
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
Locality: Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Chilwa, Alkaline Area, Malawi
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black elongated prisms
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
Quick search: [ All Riebeckite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050082.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (◻0.63Na0.19K0.18)(Na1.58Ca0.42)Σ=2Fe2+3.00(Fe3+1.30Fe2+0.45Mn0.15Mg0.05Ti0.05)Σ=2(Si0.98Al0.02)8O22(OH)2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00547
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -b   [0 -1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R050082
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050082.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050082.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.895(3)Å    b: 18.103(3)Å    c: 5.338(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 103.59(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 929.3(0)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Riebeckite

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Sauer A (1888) Ueber Riebeckit, ein neues Glied der Hornblendegruppe, sowie über Neubildung von Albit in granitischen Orthoklasen, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 40, 138-152   [view file]

White, A J R (1962) Aegirine-riebeckite shists from South Westland, New Zealand, Journal of Petrology, 3, 38-48

Colville A A, Gibbs G V (1964) Refinement of the crystal structure of riebeckite, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings, 82, 31-31

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

Borg I Y (1967) Optical properties and cell parameters in the glaucophane-riebeckite series, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 15, 67-92   [view file]

Manning P G, Nickel E H (1969) A spectral study of the origin of colour and pleochroism of a titanaugite from Kaiserstuhl and of a riebeckite St. Peter's Dome, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 71-83   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VIII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of fluor-riebeckite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 187-194   [view file]

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

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Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Zema M, Hawthorne F C, Redhammer G J, Susta U, Della Ventura G (2018) The high-temperature behaviour of riebeckite: expansivity, deprotonation, selective Fe oxidation and a novel cation disordering scheme for amphiboles, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 437-449

Susta U, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C, Abdu Y A, Day M C, Mihailova B, Oberti R (2018) The crystal-chemistry of riebeckite, ideally Na2Fe32+Fe23+Si8O22(OH)2: a multi-technique study, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 837-852

Ventura G D, Mihailova B, Susta U, Guidi M C, Marcelli A, Schlüter J, Oberti R (2018) The dynamics of Fe oxidation in riebeckite: A model for amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 103, 1103-1111

Della Ventura G, Radica F, Galdenzi F, Susta U, Cinque G, Cestelli-Guidi M, Mihailova B, Marcelli A (2022) Kinetics of dehydrogenation of riebeckite Na2Fe3+2Fe2+3Si8O22(OH)2: An HT-FTIR study, American Mineralogist, 107, 754-764

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

Della Ventura G, Redhammer G J, Galdenzi F, Ventruti G, Susta U, Oberti R, Radica F, Marcelli A (2023) Oxidation or cation re-arrangement? Distinct behavior of riebeckite at high temperature, American Mineralogist, 108, 59-69