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Dozyite R100040

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Name: Dozyite
RRUFF ID: R100040
Ideal Chemistry: Mg7Al2(Si4Al2)O15(OH)12
Locality: Wood's Chrome mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Source: Jeff Weissman [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Mauve fibers intimately mixed with serpentine and chlorite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ Corrensite (1) ] [ Clay (86) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100040
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100040.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.337(3)Å    b: 9.232(7)Å    c: 21.17(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.86(8)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1043.0(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Dozyite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Bailey S W, Banfield J F, Barker W W, Katchan G (1995) Dozyite, a 1:1 regular interstratification of serpentine and chlorite, American Mineralogist, 80, 65-77   [view file]

Banfield J F, Bailey S W (1996) Formation of regularly interstratified serpentine-chlorite minerals by tetrahedral inversion in long-period serpentine polytypes, American Mineralogist, 81, 79-91