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Magnesio-riebeckite R070002

Name: Magnesio-riebeckite
RRUFF ID: R070002
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Alto Chapare, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Source: Michael Scott S100846 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light bluish gray fibrous cloth-like fabric
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070002.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Na_1.92Ca_0.08K_0.04)_Σ=2(Mg_2.62Fe²⁺_0.50)_Σ=3.12(Fe³⁺_1.84Al_0.04)_Σ=1.88Si_8.00O₂₂(OH)₂; OH estimated by stoichiometry; Fe³⁺ and Fe²⁺ splitted by charge balance
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:

R070002

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:

R070002.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070002.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.7043(4)Å b: 17.9407(7)Å c: 5.3053(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 103.691(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 897.41(7)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Magnesio-riebeckite
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]
Miyashiro A, Iwasaki M (1957) Magnesioriebeckite in crystalline schists of Bizan in Sikoku, Japan, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 63, 698-703 [view file]
Miyashiro A (1957) The chemistry, optics, and genesis of the alkali-amphiboles, Journal of Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Section II, 11, 57-83 [view file]
Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
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]
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]
Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Zanetti A (2008) The crystal chemistry of alkali amphiboles from the Kajlidongri Manganese Mine, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 455-466 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) Magnesio-riebeckite from the Varenche mine (Aosta Valley, Italy): Crystal-chemical characterization of a grandfathered end-member, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1431-1437 [view file]
Pacella A, Andreozzi G B, Nodari L, Ballirano P (2019) Chemical and structural characterization of UICC crocidolite fibres from Koegas Mine, Northern Cape (South Africa), Periodico di Mineralogia, 88, 297-306

REFERENCES for Magnesio-riebeckite

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]

Miyashiro A, Iwasaki M (1957) Magnesioriebeckite in crystalline schists of Bizan in Sikoku, Japan, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 63, 698-703 [view file]

Miyashiro A (1957) The chemistry, optics, and genesis of the alkali-amphiboles, Journal of Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Section II, 11, 57-83 [view file]

Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305

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

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]

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]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Zanetti A (2008) The crystal chemistry of alkali amphiboles from the Kajlidongri Manganese Mine, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 455-466 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) Magnesio-riebeckite from the Varenche mine (Aosta Valley, Italy): Crystal-chemical characterization of a grandfathered end-member, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1431-1437 [view file]

Pacella A, Andreozzi G B, Nodari L, Ballirano P (2019) Chemical and structural characterization of UICC crocidolite fibres from Koegas Mine, Northern Cape (South Africa), Periodico di Mineralogia, 88, 297-306