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Rhodochrosite R050019

Name: Rhodochrosite
RRUFF ID: R050019
Ideal Chemistry: Mn(CO₃)
Locality: Home Sweet Home mine, Colorado, USA
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink single crystal rhombs on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Calcite (36) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050019.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Mn_1.00CO₃

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00297

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050019

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unorientated Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050019.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050019.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.7806(7)Å b: 4.7806(7)Å c: 15.674(9)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 310.2(1)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Rhodochrosite
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]
Hausmann J F L (1813) Rhodochrosit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 3 Göttingen 1081-1082 [view file]
Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates, American Mineralogist, 46, 1283-1316 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541
Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]
Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114
Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]
Shi W, Fleet M E, Shieh S R (2012) High-pressure phase transitions in Ca-Mn carbonates (Ca,Mn)CO₃ studied by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, 999-1001 [view file]
Farfan G A, Boulard E, Wang S, Mao W L (2013) Bonding and electronic changes in rhodochrosite at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 1817-1823
Merlini M, Hanfland M, Gemmi M (2015) The MnCO₃-II high-pressure polymorph of rhodocrosite, American Mineralogist, 100, 2625-2629
Liu J, Caracas R, Fan D, Bobocioiu E, Zhang D, Mao W L (2016) High-pressure compressibility and vibrational properties of (Ca,Mn)CO₃, American Mineralogist, 101, 2723-2730
Farsang S, Facq S, Redfern S A T (2018) Raman modes of carbonate minerals as pressure and temperature gauges up to 6 GPa and 500 °C, American Mineralogist, 103, 1988-1998
Wang M, Shi G, Qin J, Bai Q (2018) Thermal behaviour of calcite-structure carbonates: a powder X-ray diffraction study between 83 and 618 K, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 939-949
Wang C, Ren L, Walters J B, Zhang L, Tao R (2023) In situ Raman vibrational spectra of siderite (FeCO₃) and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃) up to 47 GPa and 1100 K, American Mineralogist, 108, 312-325

REFERENCES for Rhodochrosite

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]

Hausmann J F L (1813) Rhodochrosit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 3 Göttingen 1081-1082 [view file]

Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates, American Mineralogist, 46, 1283-1316 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file]

Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114

Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file]

Shi W, Fleet M E, Shieh S R (2012) High-pressure phase transitions in Ca-Mn carbonates (Ca,Mn)CO₃ studied by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 97, 999-1001 [view file]

Farfan G A, Boulard E, Wang S, Mao W L (2013) Bonding and electronic changes in rhodochrosite at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 98, 1817-1823

Merlini M, Hanfland M, Gemmi M (2015) The MnCO₃-II high-pressure polymorph of rhodocrosite, American Mineralogist, 100, 2625-2629

Liu J, Caracas R, Fan D, Bobocioiu E, Zhang D, Mao W L (2016) High-pressure compressibility and vibrational properties of (Ca,Mn)CO₃, American Mineralogist, 101, 2723-2730

Farsang S, Facq S, Redfern S A T (2018) Raman modes of carbonate minerals as pressure and temperature gauges up to 6 GPa and 500 °C, American Mineralogist, 103, 1988-1998

Wang M, Shi G, Qin J, Bai Q (2018) Thermal behaviour of calcite-structure carbonates: a powder X-ray diffraction study between 83 and 618 K, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 939-949

Wang C, Ren L, Walters J B, Zhang L, Tao R (2023) In situ Raman vibrational spectra of siderite (FeCO₃) and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃) up to 47 GPa and 1100 K, American Mineralogist, 108, 312-325