Inyoite R040161


 Name: Inyoite
RRUFF ID: R040161
Ideal Chemistry: CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O
Locality: Kramer deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8975 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of colorless indistinct rounded crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040161.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00B3.00O3(OH)5·4H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00339
Orientation: Laser parallel to  a*  (1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R040161
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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: R040161.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040161.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.6078(7)Å    b: 12.0663(6)Å    c: 8.4041(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 113.996(4)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 982.74(6)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 Inyoite

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]

Schaller W T (1914) Mineralogical notes. Koechlinite (bismuth molybdate), a new mineral from Schneeberg, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 4, 354-356   [view file]

Schaller W T (1916) Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 610, 35-55   [view file]

Clark J R (1959) Studies of borate minerals. IV. The structure of inyoite, CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 162-170   [link]

Comboni D, Battiston Y, Pagliaro F, Lotti P, Gatta G D, Hanfland M (2022) High‑pressure behaviour and atomic‑scale deformation mechanisms in inyoite, CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 49, 4