Miserite R060095
Name: Miserite
RRUFF ID: R060095
Ideal Chemistry: K1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2·yH2O
Locality: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10141 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive pink fine fibers associated with eudialyte, wollastonite, and orthoclase
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060095.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: K1.00(Ca5.85Mn0.05Ti0.05◻0.05)Σ=6Si8.00O22(F1.46(OH)0.54)Σ=2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented principle sample, 780 nm Raman overwhelmed by fluorescence
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RRUFF ID: R060095
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Sample Description: Unoriented principle sample, 780 nm Raman overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R060095.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060095.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixed with wollastonite and orthoclase
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.0889(4)Å    b: 16.0366(7)Å    c: 7.4465(7)Å
alpha: 96.474(7)°    beta: 111.100(7)°    gamma: 76.327(6)°   Volume: 1091.7(1)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Miserite

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 (1950) Miserite from Arkansas; a renaming of natroxonotlite, American Mineralogist, 35, 911-921   [view file]

Scott J D (1976) Crystal structure of miserite, a zoltai type 5 structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 515-528   [view file]

Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Nikishova L V, Bannova I I, Lasebnik Y D, (1987) Canasite: The refinement of crystal structure and comparison with that of miserite, Acta Crystallographica, Supplement A43, C159-C159

Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Ercit T S, Locock A J (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1452-1457   [view file]

Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Evdominkov M D (2006) Refinement of miserite crystal structure (K1.29 􏰀 )[Ca5.51M3+0.49 ](Si6 (O,OH)15 )(Si2O7 )(F,OH)2 · 0.25H2O (M = Y,REE,Fe,Ti,Mn,Mg,Na) from the Dara-i-Pioz occurrence, Pamir, Tajikistan, Doklady Earth Sciences, 406, 74-78   [view file]