Allactite R070175
Name: Allactite
RRUFF ID: R070175
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+7(AsO4)2(OH)8
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: Michael Scott S102971 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Brownish red vitreous massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Allactite (3) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070175.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mn6.85Mg0.10Ca0.05)(As1.00O4)2(OH)8 ; to (Mn6.75Mg0.19Ca0.16)(As1.00O4)2(OH)8
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
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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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070175.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070175.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.0319(7)Å    b: 12.2656(5)Å    c: 5.5155(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 114.229(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 680.57(5)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Allactite

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]

Sjögren A (1884) Allaktit, ett nytt manganarseniat från Mossgrufvan å Nordmarksfältet, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 109-111   [view file]

Sjögren A (1884) Kristallografiska studier: VII Allaktit från Nordmarken, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 220-236   [view file]

Sjögren H (1885) Ueber die Manganarseniate von Nordmarken in Wermland, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 10, 113-155   [view file]

Moore P B (1968) Crystal chemistry of the basic manganese arsenate minerals: II. The crystal structure of allacite, American Mineralogist, 53, 733-741   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 560-562   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055   [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]

Gatta G D, Bosi F, Fernandez-Diaz M T, Hålenius U (2016) H-bonding scheme in allactite: a combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, optical absorption spectroscopy, FTIR and EPMA-WDS study, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 719-732