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Vesuvianite R060902

Name: Vesuvianite
RRUFF ID: R060902
Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀
Locality: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S100342 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple equant, doubly terminated prismatic single crystals.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Vesuvianite (12) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060902.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R060902

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060902.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.522(2)Å b: 15.522(2)Å c: 11.814(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2846.5(8)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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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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REFERENCES for Vesuvianite
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]
Klaproth M H (1795) Vesuvian, hellbrauner, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 1, 34-35 [view file]
Manning P G, Tricker M J (1975) Optical-absorption and Mössbauer spectral studies of iron and titanium site-populations in vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 259-265 [view file]
Manning P G (1975) Charge-transfer processes and the origin of colour and pleochroism of some titanium-rich vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 110-116 [view file]
Rucklidge J C, Kocman V, Whitlow S H, Gabe E J (1975) The crystal structures of three Canadian vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 15-21 [view file]
Manning P G (1976) Ferrous-ferric interaction on adjacent face-sharing anti-prismatic sites in vesuvianites: Evidence for ferric ion in eight coordination, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 216-220 [view file]
Manning P G (1977) Charge-transfer interactions and the origin of color in brown vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 508-511 [view file]
Watters W A, Brooks R R (1982) Idocrase from the Boutadiol Valley, near Quérigut, France, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 510-512 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Allen F M, Burnham C W (1992) A comprehensive structure-model for vesuvianite: symmetry variations and crystal growth, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1-18 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1992) The chemistry of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 19-48 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1992) The role of fluorine in vesuvianite: a crystal-structure study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1065-1075 [view file]
Ohkawa M, Yoshiasa A, Takeno S (1992) Crystal chemistry of vesuvianite: site preferences of square-pyramidal coordinated sites, American Mineralogist, 77, 945-953 [view file]
Eby R K, Janeczek J, Ewing R C, Ercit T S, Groat L A, Chakoumakos B C, Hawthorne F C, Rossman G R (1993) Metamict and chemically altered vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 357-369 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S, Putnis A (1993) The symmetry of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 617-635 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1994) Excess Y-group cations in the crystal structure of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 497-504 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1994) The incorporation of boron into the vesuvianite structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 505-523 [view file]
Gibson R L, Wallmach T, De Bruin D (1995) Complex zoning in vesuvianite from the Conigou massif, Pyrénées, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 77-84 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Rossman G R, Ercit T S (1995) The infrared spectroscopy of vesuvianite in the OH region, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 609-626 [view file]
Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Lager G A, Schultz A J, Ercit T S (1996) X-ray and neutron crystal-structure refinements of a boron-bearing vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1059-1070 [view file]
Bogoch R, Kumarapeli S, Matthews A (1997) High-pressure K-feldspar – vesuvianite-bearing assemblage in the Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Province, Saint Jovite area, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1269-1275 [view file]
Pavese A, Prencipe M, Tribaudino M, Aagaard S S (1998) X-ray and neutron single-crystal study of P4/n vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1029-1037 [view file]
Lager G A, Xie Q, Ross F K, Rossman G R, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Schultz A J (1999) Hydrogen-atom positions in P4/nnc vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 763-768 [view file]
Armbruster T, Gnos E (2000) Tetrahedral vacancies and cation ordering in low-temperature Mn-bearing vesuvianites: Indication of a hydrogarnet-like substitution, American Mineralogist, 85, 570-577
Tribaudino M, Prencipe M (2001) The compressional behavior of P4/n vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 145-151 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Tanaka T, Akizuki M, Kudoh Y (2002) Optical properties and crystal structure of triclinic growth sectors in vesuvianite, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 261-274 [view file]
Galuskin E V, Galuskina I O, Sitarz M, Stadnicka K (2003) Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from the Wiluy River, Yakutia, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 833-842 [view file]
Kurazhkovskaya V S, Borovikova E Y, Dorokhova G I, Kononov O V, Stefanovich S Y (2003) IR spectra of high-symmetric and low-symmetric vesuvianites, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 1 109-121 [view file]
Kurazhkovskaya V S, Borovikova Y Y (2003) OH groups in vesuvianites from skarns and rodingites: infrared spectroscopy research, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 6 54-59 [view file]
Gnos E, Armbruster T (2006) Relationship among metamorphic grade, vesuvianite "rod polytypism," and vesuvianite composition, American Mineralogist, 91, 862-870 [view file]
Galuskin E V, Galuskina I O, Stadnicka K, Armbruster T, Kozanecki M (2007) The crystal structure of Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from the Wiluy River, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 239-248 [view file]
Balassone G, Talla D, Beran A, Mormone A, Altomare A, Moliterni A, Mondillo N, Saviano M, Petti C (2011) Vesuvianite from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (southern Italy): chemical, X-ray diffraction and single-crystal polarized FTIR investigations, Periodico di Mineralogia, 80, 369-384
Groat L A, Evans R J (2012) Crystal chemistry of Bi- and Mn-bearing vesuvianite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1627-1634 [view file]
Groat L A, Evans R J, Cempírek J, McCammon C, Houzar S (2013) Fe-rich and As-bearing vesuvianite and wiluite from Kozlov, Czech Republic, American Mineralogist, 98, 1330-1337
Hålenius U, Bosi F, Gatedal K (2013) Crystal structure and chemistry of skarn-associated bismuthian vesuvianite, American Mineralogist, 98, 566-573
Lai X, Zhu F, Qin S, Li Y, Liu J, Wu X (2013) Compressibility of a natural P4/nnc vesuvianite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 631-637
Fitzgerald S, Leavens P B, Rossman G R, Yap G P A, Rose T (2016) Vesuvianite from Pajsberg, Sweden, and the role of Be in the vesuvianite structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1525-1537
Panikorovskii T L, Krivovichev S V, Galuskin E V, Shilovskikh V V, Mazur A S, Bazai A V (2016) Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from Sakha-Yakutia, Russia: a combined single-crystal, ¹H MAS-NMR and IR spectroscopic study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 931-941
Panikorovskii T L, Chukanov N V, Aksenov S M, Mazur A S, Avdontseva E Y, Shilovskikh V V, Krivovichev S V (2017) Alumovesuvianite, Ca₁₉Al(Al,Mg)₁₂Si₁₈O₆₉(OH)₉, a new vesuvianite-group member from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Estrie region, Québec, Mineralogy and Petrology, 6, 833-842 [view file]

REFERENCES for Vesuvianite

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]

Klaproth M H (1795) Vesuvian, hellbrauner, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 1, 34-35 [view file]

Manning P G, Tricker M J (1975) Optical-absorption and Mössbauer spectral studies of iron and titanium site-populations in vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 259-265 [view file]

Manning P G (1975) Charge-transfer processes and the origin of colour and pleochroism of some titanium-rich vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 110-116 [view file]

Rucklidge J C, Kocman V, Whitlow S H, Gabe E J (1975) The crystal structures of three Canadian vesuvianites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 15-21 [view file]

Manning P G (1976) Ferrous-ferric interaction on adjacent face-sharing anti-prismatic sites in vesuvianites: Evidence for ferric ion in eight coordination, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 216-220 [view file]

Manning P G (1977) Charge-transfer interactions and the origin of color in brown vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 508-511 [view file]

Watters W A, Brooks R R (1982) Idocrase from the Boutadiol Valley, near Quérigut, France, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 510-512 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Allen F M, Burnham C W (1992) A comprehensive structure-model for vesuvianite: symmetry variations and crystal growth, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1-18 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1992) The chemistry of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 19-48 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1992) The role of fluorine in vesuvianite: a crystal-structure study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 1065-1075 [view file]

Ohkawa M, Yoshiasa A, Takeno S (1992) Crystal chemistry of vesuvianite: site preferences of square-pyramidal coordinated sites, American Mineralogist, 77, 945-953 [view file]

Eby R K, Janeczek J, Ewing R C, Ercit T S, Groat L A, Chakoumakos B C, Hawthorne F C, Rossman G R (1993) Metamict and chemically altered vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 357-369 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S, Putnis A (1993) The symmetry of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 617-635 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1994) Excess Y-group cations in the crystal structure of vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 497-504 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Ercit T S (1994) The incorporation of boron into the vesuvianite structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 505-523 [view file]

Gibson R L, Wallmach T, De Bruin D (1995) Complex zoning in vesuvianite from the Conigou massif, Pyrénées, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 77-84 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Rossman G R, Ercit T S (1995) The infrared spectroscopy of vesuvianite in the OH region, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 609-626 [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C, Lager G A, Schultz A J, Ercit T S (1996) X-ray and neutron crystal-structure refinements of a boron-bearing vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1059-1070 [view file]

Bogoch R, Kumarapeli S, Matthews A (1997) High-pressure K-feldspar – vesuvianite-bearing assemblage in the Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Province, Saint Jovite area, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1269-1275 [view file]

Pavese A, Prencipe M, Tribaudino M, Aagaard S S (1998) X-ray and neutron single-crystal study of P4/n vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1029-1037 [view file]

Lager G A, Xie Q, Ross F K, Rossman G R, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Schultz A J (1999) Hydrogen-atom positions in P4/nnc vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 763-768 [view file]

Armbruster T, Gnos E (2000) Tetrahedral vacancies and cation ordering in low-temperature Mn-bearing vesuvianites: Indication of a hydrogarnet-like substitution, American Mineralogist, 85, 570-577

Tribaudino M, Prencipe M (2001) The compressional behavior of P4/n vesuvianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 145-151 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Tanaka T, Akizuki M, Kudoh Y (2002) Optical properties and crystal structure of triclinic growth sectors in vesuvianite, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 261-274 [view file]

Galuskin E V, Galuskina I O, Sitarz M, Stadnicka K (2003) Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from the Wiluy River, Yakutia, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 833-842 [view file]

Kurazhkovskaya V S, Borovikova E Y, Dorokhova G I, Kononov O V, Stefanovich S Y (2003) IR spectra of high-symmetric and low-symmetric vesuvianites, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 1 109-121 [view file]

Kurazhkovskaya V S, Borovikova Y Y (2003) OH groups in vesuvianites from skarns and rodingites: infrared spectroscopy research, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 6 54-59 [view file]

Gnos E, Armbruster T (2006) Relationship among metamorphic grade, vesuvianite "rod polytypism," and vesuvianite composition, American Mineralogist, 91, 862-870 [view file]

Galuskin E V, Galuskina I O, Stadnicka K, Armbruster T, Kozanecki M (2007) The crystal structure of Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from the Wiluy River, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 239-248 [view file]

Balassone G, Talla D, Beran A, Mormone A, Altomare A, Moliterni A, Mondillo N, Saviano M, Petti C (2011) Vesuvianite from Somma-Vesuvius volcano (southern Italy): chemical, X-ray diffraction and single-crystal polarized FTIR investigations, Periodico di Mineralogia, 80, 369-384

Groat L A, Evans R J (2012) Crystal chemistry of Bi- and Mn-bearing vesuvianite from Långban, Sweden, American Mineralogist, 97, 1627-1634 [view file]

Groat L A, Evans R J, Cempírek J, McCammon C, Houzar S (2013) Fe-rich and As-bearing vesuvianite and wiluite from Kozlov, Czech Republic, American Mineralogist, 98, 1330-1337

Hålenius U, Bosi F, Gatedal K (2013) Crystal structure and chemistry of skarn-associated bismuthian vesuvianite, American Mineralogist, 98, 566-573

Lai X, Zhu F, Qin S, Li Y, Liu J, Wu X (2013) Compressibility of a natural P4/nnc vesuvianite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 631-637

Fitzgerald S, Leavens P B, Rossman G R, Yap G P A, Rose T (2016) Vesuvianite from Pajsberg, Sweden, and the role of Be in the vesuvianite structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1525-1537

Panikorovskii T L, Krivovichev S V, Galuskin E V, Shilovskikh V V, Mazur A S, Bazai A V (2016) Si-deficient, OH-substituted, boron-bearing vesuvianite from Sakha-Yakutia, Russia: a combined single-crystal, ¹H MAS-NMR and IR spectroscopic study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 931-941

Panikorovskii T L, Chukanov N V, Aksenov S M, Mazur A S, Avdontseva E Y, Shilovskikh V V, Krivovichev S V (2017) Alumovesuvianite, Ca₁₉Al(Al,Mg)₁₂Si₁₈O₆₉(OH)₉, a new vesuvianite-group member from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Estrie region, Québec, Mineralogy and Petrology, 6, 833-842 [view file]