Pinakiolite R050636
Name: Pinakiolite
RRUFF ID: R050636
Ideal Chemistry: (Mg,Mn)2(Mn3+,Sb5+)O2(BO3)
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2497 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark-grey crystals embedded into matrix of calcite, dolomite and tephroite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050636.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R050636.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 21.789(6)Å    b: 6.020(2)Å    c: 5.335(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 95.45(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 696.6(5)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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REFERENCES for Pinakiolite

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]

Flink G (1891) Ueber Pinakiolith und Trimerit, zwei neue Mineralien aus den Mangangruben Schwedens, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 18, 361-376   [view file]

Bertaut E F (1950) Structures des boroferrites, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 473-474

Takéuchi Y, Watanabé T, Ito T (1950) The crystal structures of warwickite, ludwigite and pinakiolite, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 98-107

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

Moore P B, Araki T (1974) Pinakiolite, Mg2Mn3+O2[BO3]; warwickite, Mg(Mg0.5Ti.05)O[BO3]; wightmanite, Mg5(O)(OH)5[BO3]·nH2O: Crystal chemistry of complex 3 A wallpaper structures, American Mineralogist, 59, 985-1004   [view file]

Bovin J O, O'Keefe M, O'Keefe M A (1981) Electron microscopy of oxyborates. I. Defect structures in the minerals pinakiolite, ludwigite, orthopinakiolite, and takéuchiite, Acta Crystallographica, A37, 28-35

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232   [view file]

Frost R L (2011) Raman spectroscopy of selected borate minerals of the pinakiolité group, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 42, 540-543