Vermiculite R050490

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Name: Vermiculite
RRUFF ID: R050490
Ideal Chemistry: Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O
Locality: near Tonopah, Nevada, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology W-20939
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green micaceous fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ Smectite-vermiculite (7) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050490.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg2.26Fe3+0.25Al0.25Ca0.24)Σ=3(Si3.50Al0.50)Σ=4O10((OH)1.90F0.10)Σ=2·4H2O
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050490
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050490.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050490.1
Sample Description: Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.35(1)Å    b: 9.28(2)Å    c: 29.77(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 92.5(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1477(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Vermiculite

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]

Webb T H (1824) New localities of tourmalines and talc, American Journal of Science and Arts, 7, 55-55   [view file]

Shirozu H, Bailey S W (1966) Crystal structure of a two-layer Mg-vermiculite, American Mineralogist, 51, 1124-1143   [view file]

Ruiz Cruz M D, Nieto J M (2006) Chemical and structural evolution of "metamorphic vermiculite" in metaclastic rocks of the Betic Cordillera, Málaga, Spain: a synthesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 249-265   [view file]

Arguelles A, Leoni M, Blanco J A, Marco C (2010) Semi-ordered crystalline structure of the Santa Olalla vermiculite inferred from X-ray powdered diffraction, American Mineralogist, 95, 126-134   [view file]

Gailhanou H, Blanc P, Rogez J, Mikaelian G, Horiuchi K, Yamamura Y, Saito K, Kawaji H, Warmont F, Grenèche J M, Vieillard P, Fialips C I, Giffaut E, Gaucher E C (2013) Thermodynamic properties of saponite, nontronite, and vermiculite derived from calorimetric measurements, American Mineralogist, 98, 1834-1847

Martos-Villa R, Guggenheim S, Sainz-Díaz C I (2013) Interlayer water molecules in organocation-exchanged vermiculite and montmorillonite: A case study of tetramethylammonium, American Mineralogist, 98, 1535-1542