Norbergite R050280
Name: Norbergite
RRUFF ID: R050280
Ideal Chemistry: Mg3(SiO4)F2
Locality: Sterling mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brownish-orange granular
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Humite (21) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050280.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg0.993Fe0.006Ca0.001)3(SiO4)(F0.704OH0.296)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050280
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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: R050280.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050280.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.7110(2)Å    b: 10.2728(3)Å    c: 8.7674(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 424.29(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Norbergite

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]

Geijer P (1926) Norbergite and fluoborite, two new minerals from the Norberg mining district, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 48, 84-85   [view file]

Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 265-266   [view file]

Valkenburg A V (1961) Synthesis of the humites nMg2SiO4·Mg(F, OH)2, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards - A. Physics and Chemistry, 65A, 415-428   [view file]

Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1969) The crystal structures of the humite minerals: I. Norbergite, American Mineralogist, 54, 376-390   [view file]

Ribbe P H, Gibbs G V (1971) Crystal structures of the humite minerals: III. Mg/Fe ordering in humite and its relation to other ferromagnesian silicates, American Mineralogist, 56, 1155-1173   [view file]

Cámara F (1997) New data on the structure of norbergite: location of hydrogen by X-ray diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1523-1530   [view file]

Liu L G, Lin C C, Mernagh T P (1999) Raman spectra of norbergite at various pressures and temperatures, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 1011-1021   [link]

Liu D, Hirner S M, Smyth J R, Zhang J, Shi X, Wang X, Zhu X, Ye Y (2021) Crystal chemistry and high-temperature vibrational spectra of humite and norbergite: Fluorine and titanium in humite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 106, 1153-1162