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Marsturite R141210

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Name: Marsturite
RRUFF ID: R141210
Ideal Chemistry: NaCaMn2+3Si5O14(OH)
Locality: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Jaco and Tania Janse van Nieuwenhuizen
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless granular crystals in a vein. The matrix is a mixture of quartz and bixbyite, associated with schizolite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Rhodonite (16) ]
Quick search: [ All Marsturite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R141210.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.80Ca0.13)Σ=0.93Ca1.00(Mn2+2.81Mg0.12Fe2+0.01)Σ=2.94Si5.00O14(OH)
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R141210
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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: R141210.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.6882(9)Å    b: 11.701(1)Å    c: 6.7768(8)Å
alpha: 92.242(3)°    beta: 94.363(3)°    gamma: 106.744(3)°   Volume: 580.9(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Marsturite

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]

Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Sturman B D (1978) Marsturite, Mn3CaNaHSi5O15, a new mineral of the nambulite group from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 63, 1187-1189   [view file]

Ayupova N R (2003) Marsturite from Uzelginsky massive sulfide ore field (the South Urals), Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 4 58-61   [view file]

Nagashima M, Armbruster T, Kolitsch U, Pettke T (2014) The relation between Li ↔ Na substitution and hydrogen bonding in five-periodic single-chain silicates nambulite and marsturite: A single-crystal X-ray study, American Mineralogist, 99, 1462-1470