Kolbeckite R061040
Name: Kolbeckite
RRUFF ID: R061040
Ideal Chemistry: Sc(PO4)·2H2O
Locality: Christy Pit, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA
Source: Mark Mauthner [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green platy crystal, severely twinned, associated with quartz.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Phosphosiderite (6) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061040.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061040.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.38(2)Å    b: 10.16(3)Å    c: 8.88(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 91.5(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 485(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kolbeckite

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]

Edelmann F (1926) Kolbeckit, ein neues sächsisches Mineral, Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Sachsen, 100, 73-74   [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 592-593   [view file]

Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 35-36   [view file]

Larsen E S, Montgomery A (1940) Sterrettite, a new mineral from Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 25, 513-518   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 252-258   [view file]

Hey M H, Milton C, Dwornik E J (1982) Eggonite (kolbeckite, sterrettite), ScPO4·2H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 493-497   [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]

Bull I, Young V, Teat S J, Peng L, Grey C P, Parise J B (2003) Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of four scandium phosphate frameworks, Chemistry of Materials, 15, 3818-3825

Yang H, Li C, Jenkins R A, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Kolbeckite, ScPO4·2H2O, isomorphous with metavariscite., Acta Crystallographica, C63, i91-i92   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691   [view file]