Bakhchisaraitsevite R060607
Name: Bakhchisaraitsevite
RRUFF ID: R060607
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7H2O
Locality: Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100971 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to brown radial aggregate of bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060607.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na1.94Ca0.03◻0.03)(Mg4.65Fe0.20Mn0.15)(P1.00O4)4·7H2O; H2O estimated by difference
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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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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060607.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.34(2)Å    b: 12.94(3)Å    c: 17.63(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 101.62(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1864(4)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 Bakhchisaraitsevite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Liferovich R P, Pakhomovsky Y A, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Laajoki K, Gehör S, Bogdanova A N, Sorokhtima N V (2000) Bakhchisaraitsevite, Na2Mg5[PO4]4·7H2O, a new mineral from hydrothermal assemblages related to phoscorite-carbonatite complex of the Kovdor massif, Russia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2000, 402-418

Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Liferovich R P, Pakhomovsky Y A (2000) The crystal structure of bakhchisaraitsevite, [Na2(H2O)2]{(Mg4.5Fe0.5)(PO4)4(H2O)5}, a new mineral species of hydrothermal origin from the Kovdor phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 831-838   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2001) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1473-1502   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]

Kampf A R, Mills S J, Housley R M, Favreau G, Boulliard J C, Bourgoin V (2012) Angarfite, NaFe3+5(PO4)4(OH)4·4H2O, a new mineral species from the Angarf-Sud pegmatite, Morocco: description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 781-791   [view file]