Gordonite R130671

		Name: Gordonite RRUFF ID: R130671 Ideal Chemistry: MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O Locality: Near Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous clear prismatic lathlike bundles of triclinic crystals. Associated with montgomeryite (R140625), collinsite (R140626), and hydroxylapatite (R140987). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Laueite (9) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130671

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130671.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.242(2)Å b: 10.464(4)Å c: 6.965(4)Å
alpha: 107.76(3)° beta: 111.46(4)° gamma: 71.86(5)° Volume: 329.87(3)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gordonite
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]
Larsen E S, Shannon E V (1930) The minerals of the phosphate nodules from near Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 15, 307-337 [view file]
Leavens P B, Rheingold A L (1988) Crystal structures of gordonite, MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₆·2H₂O, and its Mn analog, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 265-270