Fluoro-richterite R060290


 Name: Fluoro-richterite
RRUFF ID: R060290
Ideal Chemistry: Na(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22F2
Locality: Koschka Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan
Source: Herb Obodda 066 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored transparent prismatic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060290.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060290.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.0007(5)Å    b: 17.9784(8)Å    c: 5.2710(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 106.133(5)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 910.38(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Fluoro-richterite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Olsen E, Huebner J S, Douglas J A V, Plant A G (1973) Meteoritic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 58, 869-872   [view file]

Bazhenov A G, Nedosekova I L, Petersen E U (1993) Fluorrichterite Na2Ca(Mg, Fe)5[Si8O22](F, OH)2 — a new mineral species in the amphibole group, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 122, issue 3 98-102   [view file]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 404-409   [view file]

Robert J L, Della Ventura G, Hawthorne F C (1999) Near-infrared study of short-range disorder of OH and F in monoclinic amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 84, 86-91   [view file]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Martin R F (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048   [view file]

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Cámara F, Ciriotti M E, Berge S A (2015) Ti-rich fluoro-richterite from Kariåsen (Norway): the oxo-component and the use of Ti4+ as a proxy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 285-294