Clinohedrite R050416
Name: Clinohedrite
RRUFF ID: R050416
Ideal Chemistry: CaZn(SiO4)·H2O
Locality: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050416.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.99Mn0.01)Σ=1Zn1.00Si1.00O4·H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050416.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050416.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.1274(2)Å    b: 15.9184(8)Å    c: 5.4185(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 103.384(5)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 430.25(3)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 Clinohedrite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1866) Mineralogische studien. 49. Klinoëdrite, Berg- und Huettenmaenische Zeitung, 25, 181-183   [view file]

Penfield S L, Foote H W (1898) On clinohedrite, a new mineral from Franklin, N.J., American Journal of Science, 155, 289-293   [view file]

Venetopoulos C C, Rentzeperis P J (1976) Redetermination of the crystal structure of clinohedrite, CaZnSiO4·H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 144, 377-392   [view file]

Simonov M A, Belokoneva E L, Yegorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1977) Crystal structure of clinohedrite CaZn[SiO4]·H2O, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 237, 334-338

Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1978) Crystal structures of clinohedrite Ca[ZnSiO4]·H2O and herstmannite (Mn,Mg)Mg(OH)2[ZnSiO4], Soviet Physics - Doklady, 23, 113-114   [view file]

Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1978) The crystal structures of clinohedrite Ca[ZnSiO4]·H2O and herstmannite (Mn, Mg)Mg(OH)2[ZnSiO4], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 238, 1348-1350