Augelite R050060
Name: Augelite
RRUFF ID: R050060
Ideal Chemistry: Al2(PO4)(OH)3
Locality: Machacamarca, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050060.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Al2.00(P1.00O4)(OH)3; OH estimated by difference
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: L01372
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -b   [0 -1 0].
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R050060
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050060.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050060.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.1288(2)Å    b: 8.00246(8)Å    c: 5.07774(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 112.262(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 493.715(9)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Augelite

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]

Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212   [view file]

Prior G T, Spencer L J (1895) Augelite, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 16-23   [view file]

Conway M (1901) Specimens from Aruro, The Bolivian Andes. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900, 1, Harper & Brothers Publishers New York & London 343, 345-346, 351   [view file]

Araki T, Finny J J, Zoltai T (1968) The crystal structure of augelite, American Mineralogist, 53, 1096-1103   [view file]

Frost R L, Weier M L (2004) Vibrational spectroscopy of natural augelite, Journal of Molecular Structure, 697, 207-211   [link]