Wöhlerite R060086
Name: Wöhlerite
RRUFF ID: R060086
Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4
Locality: Langesundfjord, Norway
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2918 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-brown fragment frozen in matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Wohlerite (11) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060086.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00(Ca1.87Fe2+0.08Mn0.05)Σ=2(Zr0.52Nb0.41Ti0.06Hf0.01)Σ=1Si2.00O7((OH)1.15O0.78F0.70)Σ=2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060086
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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: R060086.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060086.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.816(2)Å    b: 10.239(1)Å    c: 7.2907(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 109.04(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 763.2(1)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 Wöhlerite

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]

Scheerer T (1843) Ueber den Wöhlerit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 59, 327-336   [view file]

Shibayeva R I, Belov N V (1960) Crystal structure of wöhlerite, Ca2Na(Zr,Nb)Si2O7(O,F)2, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 146, 897-900   [view file]

Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 241-244   [view file]

Golyshev M, Otroshchenko L P, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1973) Refining the atomic structure of wöhlerite, NaCa2(Zr,Nb)[Si2O7](F,O)2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 18, 287-289

Mellini M, Merlino S (1979) Refinement of the crystal structure of wöhlerite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 26, 109-125

Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1988) Modular mineralogy of the cuspidine group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 933-943   [view file]

Mariano A N, Roeder P L (1989) Wöhlerite: Chemical composition, cathodoluminescence and environment of crystallization, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 709-720   [view file]

Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (2009) Marianoite, a new member of the cuspidine group from the Prairie Lake silicocarbonatite, Ontario: Reply, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1280-1282   [view file]

Merlino S, Mellini M (2009) Marianoite, a new member of the cuspidine group from the Prairie Lake silicocarbonatite, Ontario: Discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1275-1279   [view file]

Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2012) Distinct domains in "guarinite" from Monte Somma, Italy: Crystal structures and crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 531-548   [view file]

Biagioni C, Merlino S, Parodi G C, Perchiazzi N (2012) Crystal chemistry of minerals of the wöhlerite group from the Los Archipelago, Guinea, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 593-609   [view file]

Dal Bo F, Friis H, Mills S J (2022) Nomenclature of wöhlerite group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 661-676