Holdenite R150129

Name: Holdenite
RRUFF ID: R150129
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₆Zn₃(AsO₄)₂(SiO₄)(OH)₈
Locality: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of highly irregular pinkish microcrystals, associated with franklinite, willemite, pyrochroite, zincite, and rhodochrosite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R150129

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R150129.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.008(1)Å b: 31.543(3)Å c: 8.6989(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3294.8(6)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Holdenite
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]
Palache C, Shannon E V (1927) Holdenite, a new arsenate of manganese and zinc, from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 12, 144-148 [view file]
Prewitt-Hopkins J (1949) X-ray study of holdenite, mooreite, and torreyite, American Mineralogist, 34, 589-595 [view file]
Moore P B, Araki T (1977) Holdenite, a novel cubic close-packed structure, American Mineralogist, 62, 513-521 [view file]