R060215 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Polylithionite R060215

Name: Polylithionite
RRUFF ID: R060215
Ideal Chemistry: KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M49441 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan to colorless micaceous fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060215.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.99Na_0.01)Li_2.00(Al_0.88Ti_0.06Mg_0.06)Si_4.00O₁₀(F_0.89(OH)_0.11)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060215

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060215.1

Sample Description:

Powder, with trace corundum contamination from the grinding process

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.198(2)Å b: 8.965(3)Å c: 10.063(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 100.38(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 461.2(0)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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 Polylithionite
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]
Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger Mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]
Perrault G (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Polylithionite from St. Hilaire, P.Q., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 671-671 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481
Brigatti M F, Mottana A, Malferrari D, Cibin G (2007) Crystal structure and chemical composition of Li-, Fe-, and Mn-rich micas, American Mineralogist, 92, 1395-1400 [view file]
Elmi C, Brigatti M F, Guggenheim S, Pasquali L, Montecchi M, Nannarone S (2014) Crystal chemistry and surface configurations of two polylithionite-1M crystals, American Mineralogist, 99, 2049-2059
Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33
Hawthorne F C, Sokolova E, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y (2019) The crystal structure of polylithionite-1M from Darai-Pioz, Tajikistan: The role of short-range order in driving symmetry reduction in 1M Li-rich mica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 519-528

REFERENCES for Polylithionite

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]

Lorenzen J (1884) Untersuchung einiger Mineralien aus Kangerdluarsuk in Grönland, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 9, 243-254 [view file]

Perrault G (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Polylithionite from St. Hilaire, P.Q., The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 671-671 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Brigatti M F, Caprilli E, Malferrari D, Medici L, Poppi L (2005) Crystal structure and chemistry of trilithionite-2M2 and polylithionite-2M2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 475-481

Brigatti M F, Mottana A, Malferrari D, Cibin G (2007) Crystal structure and chemical composition of Li-, Fe-, and Mn-rich micas, American Mineralogist, 92, 1395-1400 [view file]

Elmi C, Brigatti M F, Guggenheim S, Pasquali L, Montecchi M, Nannarone S (2014) Crystal chemistry and surface configurations of two polylithionite-1M crystals, American Mineralogist, 99, 2049-2059

Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33

Hawthorne F C, Sokolova E, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y (2019) The crystal structure of polylithionite-1M from Darai-Pioz, Tajikistan: The role of short-range order in driving symmetry reduction in 1M Li-rich mica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 519-528