Sussexite R130121
Name: Sussexite
RRUFF ID: R130121
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+BO2(OH)
Locality: Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R130121
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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: R130121.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.191(1)Å    b: 10.610(1)Å    c: 12.747(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 96.58(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 428.7(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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sussexite

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]

Brush G J (1868) New borate from Mine Hill, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey - sussexite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 46, 140-140   [view file]

Brush G J (1868) On sussexite, a new borate from Mine Hill, Franklin Furnace, Sussex Co., New Jersey, American Journal of Science and Arts, 46, 240-243   [view file]

Hoffmann C, Armbruster T (1995) Crystal structure of a (001) twinned sussexite Mn2B2O4(OH)2 from the Kalahari Manganese Field South Africa, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 75, 123-133