R130754 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sugilite R130754

Name: Sugilite
RRUFF ID: R130754
Ideal Chemistry: KNa₂Fe³⁺₂(Li₃Si₁₂)O₃₀
Locality: N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Jaco and Tania Janse van Nieuwenhuizen [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fibrous spheres and layer of purple color, associated with dark-red lipuite (R140946).
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Milarite (18) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130754

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130754.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.027(1)Å b: 10.027(1)Å c: 14.027(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1221.4(1)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sugilite
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]
Murakami N, Kato T, Miúra Y, Hirowatari F (1976) Sugilite, a new silicate mineral from Iwagi Islet, Southwest Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 110-121 [view file]
Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Nickel E H, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 593-600 [view file]
Dunn P J, Brummer J J, Belsky H (1980) Sugilite, a second occurrence: Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Republic of South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 37-39 [view file]
Armbruster T, Oberänsli R (1988) Crystal chemistry of double-ring silicates: Structures of sugilite and brannockite, American Mineralogist, 73, 595-600 [view file]
Gnos E, Armbruster T, Villa I M (2003) Norrishite, K(Mn₃²⁺Li)Si₄O₁₀(O)₂, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating, American Mineralogist, 88, 189-194 [view file]
Geiger C A (2009) A ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of sugilite, KNa₂(Fe³⁺,Mn³⁺,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 927-931 [view file]
Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247
Park S H, Paulmann C, Hoelzel M, Hochleitner R (2023) Mechanism for the combined Li–Na ionic conductivity in sugilite (Fe₂Na₂K[Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀])-type compounds, Minerals, 13, 620 [view file]

REFERENCES for Sugilite

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]

Murakami N, Kato T, Miúra Y, Hirowatari F (1976) Sugilite, a new silicate mineral from Iwagi Islet, Southwest Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 110-121 [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Nickel E H, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 593-600 [view file]

Dunn P J, Brummer J J, Belsky H (1980) Sugilite, a second occurrence: Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Republic of South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 37-39 [view file]

Armbruster T, Oberänsli R (1988) Crystal chemistry of double-ring silicates: Structures of sugilite and brannockite, American Mineralogist, 73, 595-600 [view file]

Gnos E, Armbruster T, Villa I M (2003) Norrishite, K(Mn₃²⁺Li)Si₄O₁₀(O)₂, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating, American Mineralogist, 88, 189-194 [view file]

Geiger C A (2009) A ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of sugilite, KNa₂(Fe³⁺,Mn³⁺,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 927-931 [view file]

Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247

Park S H, Paulmann C, Hoelzel M, Hochleitner R (2023) Mechanism for the combined Li–Na ionic conductivity in sugilite (Fe₂Na₂K[Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀])-type compounds, Minerals, 13, 620 [view file]