Wickmanite R100017
Name: Wickmanite
RRUFF ID: R100017
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Sn4+(OH)6
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: William Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless distorted octahedra
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100017
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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: R100017.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.904(1)Å    b: 7.904(1)Å    c: 7.904(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 493.85(5)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Wickmanite

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]

Strunz V H, Contag B (1960) Hexahydroxostannate Fe, Mn, Co, Mg, Ca[Sn(OH)6] und deren kristallstruktur, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 601-603

Moore P B, Smith J V (1967) Wickmanite, Mn+2[Sn+4(OH)6], a new mineral from Långban, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 395-399   [view file]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1063-1066   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Christensen A N, Hazell R G (1969) Hydrothermal preparation of hydroxy stannates. The crystal structure of MnSn(OH)6, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 23, 1219-1224

Fleischer M (1971) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 56, 1487-1489   [view file]

Nefedov E I, Griffin W L, Kristiansen R (1977) Minerals of the schoenfliesite - wickmanite series from Pitkäranta, Karelia, U.S.S.R., The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 437-445   [view file]

Basciano L C, Peterson R C, Roeder P L, Swainson I (1998) Description of schoenfliesite, MgSn(OH)6, and roxbyite, Cu1.72S, from a 1375 BC shipwreck, and Rietveld neutron-diffraction refinement of synthetic schoenfliesite, wickmanite, MnSn(OH)6, and burtite, CaSn(OH)6, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1203-1210   [view file]

Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461   [view file]