Augelite R050316
Name: Augelite
RRUFF ID: R050316
Ideal Chemistry: Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Locality: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green thick prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050316.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Al2.00(P1.00O4)(OH)3
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050316
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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: R050316.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050316.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.1257(6)Å    b: 8.0017(3)Å    c: 5.0779(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 112.257(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 493.59(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 Augelite

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]

Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212   [view file]

Prior G T, Spencer L J (1895) Augelite, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 16-23   [view file]

Conway M (1901) Specimens from Aruro, The Bolivian Andes. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900, 1, Harper & Brothers Publishers New York & London 343, 345-346, 351   [view file]

Araki T, Finny J J, Zoltai T (1968) The crystal structure of augelite, American Mineralogist, 53, 1096-1103   [view file]

Frost R L, Weier M L (2004) Vibrational spectroscopy of natural augelite, Journal of Molecular Structure, 697, 207-211   [link]