Alluaudite R160080 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Alluaudite R160080

Name: Alluaudite
RRUFF ID: R160080
Ideal Chemistry: ◻NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃
Locality: Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: UAMM
Description: Vitreous, brownish-yellow large platelets in clusters with good cleavage in and on dark brown siliceous matrix.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Alluaudite (22) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R160080.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_0.70Mn_0.23Ca_0.07)Mn_1.00(Fe³⁺_1.50Al_0.29Mg_0.10Mn_0.11)(PO₄)₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R160080

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R160080.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.0146(15)Å b: 12.5519(16)Å c: 6.4109(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 114.267(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 881.38(20)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Alluaudite
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]
Damour A A (1847) Sur un nouveau minéral composé de phosphate der fer, de manganèse et de soude, trouvé dans le département de la Haute-Vienne, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 25, 670-671 [view file]
Damour A A (1848) Sur un nouveau phosphate de fer, de manganèse et de soude, l´alluaudite, trouvé dans le département de la Haute-Vienne, Annales des Mines, 13, 341-350 [view file]
Fisher D J (1955) Alluaudite, American Mineralogist, 40, 1100-1109 [view file]
Fisher D J (1965) Dickinsonites, fillowite and aluaudites, American Mineralogist, 50, 1647-1669 [view file]
Moore P B (1971) Crystal chemistry of the alluaudite structure type: contribution to the paragenesis of pegmatite phosphate giant crystals, American Mineralogist, 56, 1955-1975 [view file]
Moore P B, Ito J (1979) Alluaudites, wyllieites, arrojadites: crystal chemistry and nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 227-235 [view file]
Corbin D R, Whitney J F, Fultz W C, Stucky G D, Eddy M M, Cheetham A K (1986) Synthesis of open-framework transition-metal phosphates using organometallic precursors in acidic media. Preparation and structural characterization of Fe₅P₄O₂₀H₁₀ and NaFe₃P₃O₁₂, Inorganic Chemistry, 25, 2279-2280
Antenucci D, Fransolet A M, Miehe G, Tarte P (1995) Synthèse et cristallochimie de NaCaCdMg₂(PO₄)₃, phosphate nouveau a structure alluaudite sans cation trivalent, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 175-181
Łodziński M, Sitarz M (2009) Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of some phosphate accessory minerals from pegmatites of the Sowie Góry Mts, SW Poland, Journal of Molecular Structure, 924-926, 442-447
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]
Đorđević T, Wittwer A, Krivovichev S V (2015) Three new alluaudite-like protonated arsenates: NaMg₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂, NaZn₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂ and Na(Na_0.6Zn_0.4)Zn₂(H_0.6AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 559-573
Đorđević T, Gerger S, Karanović L (2017) Hydrothermal and ionothermal synthesis of mineral-related arsenates in the system CdO–MO–As₂O₅ (M²⁺ = Mg, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) and their crystal structures, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 73-89
Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645
Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file]

REFERENCES for Alluaudite

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]

Damour A A (1847) Sur un nouveau minéral composé de phosphate der fer, de manganèse et de soude, trouvé dans le département de la Haute-Vienne, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 25, 670-671 [view file]

Damour A A (1848) Sur un nouveau phosphate de fer, de manganèse et de soude, l´alluaudite, trouvé dans le département de la Haute-Vienne, Annales des Mines, 13, 341-350 [view file]

Fisher D J (1955) Alluaudite, American Mineralogist, 40, 1100-1109 [view file]

Fisher D J (1965) Dickinsonites, fillowite and aluaudites, American Mineralogist, 50, 1647-1669 [view file]

Moore P B (1971) Crystal chemistry of the alluaudite structure type: contribution to the paragenesis of pegmatite phosphate giant crystals, American Mineralogist, 56, 1955-1975 [view file]

Moore P B, Ito J (1979) Alluaudites, wyllieites, arrojadites: crystal chemistry and nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 227-235 [view file]

Corbin D R, Whitney J F, Fultz W C, Stucky G D, Eddy M M, Cheetham A K (1986) Synthesis of open-framework transition-metal phosphates using organometallic precursors in acidic media. Preparation and structural characterization of Fe₅P₄O₂₀H₁₀ and NaFe₃P₃O₁₂, Inorganic Chemistry, 25, 2279-2280

Antenucci D, Fransolet A M, Miehe G, Tarte P (1995) Synthèse et cristallochimie de NaCaCdMg₂(PO₄)₃, phosphate nouveau a structure alluaudite sans cation trivalent, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 175-181

Łodziński M, Sitarz M (2009) Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of some phosphate accessory minerals from pegmatites of the Sowie Góry Mts, SW Poland, Journal of Molecular Structure, 924-926, 442-447

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

Đorđević T, Wittwer A, Krivovichev S V (2015) Three new alluaudite-like protonated arsenates: NaMg₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂, NaZn₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂ and Na(Na_0.6Zn_0.4)Zn₂(H_0.6AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₂, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 559-573

Đorđević T, Gerger S, Karanović L (2017) Hydrothermal and ionothermal synthesis of mineral-related arsenates in the system CdO–MO–As₂O₅ (M²⁺ = Mg, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) and their crystal structures, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 73-89

Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645

Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file]