D R050339 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Gedrite R050339

Name: Gedrite
RRUFF ID: R050339
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Bamble, Telemark, Norway
Source: California Institute of Technology W-203
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray cleavage fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050339.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(◻_0.61Na_0.39)(Mg_4.55Fe²⁺_1.40Al_0.91Ti_0.07Ca_0.07)_Σ7(Si_6.56Al_1.44)_Σ8O₂₂(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050339

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050339.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050339.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.5639(9)Å b: 17.8341(8)Å c: 5.2750(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1746.4(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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

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REFERENCES for Gedrite
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]
Dufrénoy A (1836) Description de la gédrite, nouvelle espèce minérale, Annales des Mines, 10, 582-584 [view file]
Seki Y, Yamasaki M (1957) Aluminian ferroanthophyllite from the Kitakami Mountainland, Northeastern Japan, American Mineralogist, 42, 506-520
Milton D J, Ito J (1961) Gedrite from Oxford County, Maine, American Mineralogist, 46, 734-740
Kamineni D C, Wong A S (1973) Gedrite from the Yellowknife-Beaulieu region, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T., The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 1012-1015 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [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
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]
Peck W H, Valley J W (2000) Genesis of cordierite—gedrite gneisses, Central Metasedimentary Belt boundary thrust zone, Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 511-524 [view file]
Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1355-1362 [view file]
Hinchey A M, Carr S D (2007) Protolith composition of cordierite—gedrite basement rocks and garnet amphibolite of the Bearpaw Lake area of the Thor—Odin dome, Monashee Complex, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 607-629 [view file]
Nestola F, Pasqual D, Welch M D, Oberti R (2012) The effects of composition upon the high-pressure behaviour of amphiboles: compression of gedrite to 7 GPa and a comparison with anthophyllite and proto-amphibole, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 987-995 [view file]
Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312

REFERENCES for Gedrite

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]

Dufrénoy A (1836) Description de la gédrite, nouvelle espèce minérale, Annales des Mines, 10, 582-584 [view file]

Seki Y, Yamasaki M (1957) Aluminian ferroanthophyllite from the Kitakami Mountainland, Northeastern Japan, American Mineralogist, 42, 506-520

Milton D J, Ito J (1961) Gedrite from Oxford County, Maine, American Mineralogist, 46, 734-740

Kamineni D C, Wong A S (1973) Gedrite from the Yellowknife-Beaulieu region, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T., The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 1012-1015 [view file]

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

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]

Peck W H, Valley J W (2000) Genesis of cordierite—gedrite gneisses, Central Metasedimentary Belt boundary thrust zone, Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 511-524 [view file]

Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1355-1362 [view file]

Hinchey A M, Carr S D (2007) Protolith composition of cordierite—gedrite basement rocks and garnet amphibolite of the Bearpaw Lake area of the Thor—Odin dome, Monashee Complex, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 607-629 [view file]

Nestola F, Pasqual D, Welch M D, Oberti R (2012) The effects of composition upon the high-pressure behaviour of amphiboles: compression of gedrite to 7 GPa and a comparison with anthophyllite and proto-amphibole, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 987-995 [view file]

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