Moraesite R070480
Name: Moraesite
RRUFF ID: R070480
Ideal Chemistry: Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O
Locality: Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Unconsolidated colorless flat fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070480.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070480
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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: R070480.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.5535(6)Å    b: 12.2962(8)Å    c: 7.1371(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 97.74(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 743.82(8)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 Moraesite

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]

Lindberg M L, Pecora W T, Barbosa A L M (1953) Moraesite, a new hydrous beryllium phosphate from Minas Gerais, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 38, 1126-1133   [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408   [view file]

Cassedanne J P, Cassedanne J O (1987) La moraesite de la mine de tourmaline de Humaita, Minas Gerais, Brésil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 419-424   [view file]

Merlino S, Pasero M (1992) Crystal chemistry of beryllophosphates: The crystal structure of moraesite, Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 201, 253-262   [view file]