Grandidierite R050196
Name: Grandidierite
RRUFF ID: R050196
Ideal Chemistry: MgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)
Locality: Madagascar
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of anhedral blue-green crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050196.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg0.829Fe2+0.169Mn0.002)Al3(BO3)(SiO4)O2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050196
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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: R050196.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050196.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050196.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.3331(2)Å    b: 10.9861(4)Å    c: 5.7630(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 654.22(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 Grandidierite

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]

Lacroix A (1902) Note préliminaire sur une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 25, 85-86   [view file]

Stephenson D A, Moore P B (1968) The crystal structure of grandidierite, (Mg,Fe)Al3SiBO9, Acta Crystallographica, B24, 1518-1522

Niven M L, Waters D J, Moore J M (1991) The crystal structure of werdingite, (Mg,Fe)2Al12(Al,Fe)2Si4(B,Al)4O37, and its relationship to sillimanite, mullite, and grandidierite, American Mineralogist, 76, 246-256   [view file]

Dzikowski T J, Groat L A, Grew E S (2007) The geometric effects of vFe2+ for vMg substitution on the crystal structures of the grandidierite-ominelite series, American Mineralogist, 92, 863-872   [view file]

Dzikowski T J, Groat L A, Grew E S (2007) The geometric effects of vFe2+ for vMg substitution on the crystal structures of the grandidierite-ominelite series, American Mineralogist, 92, 863-872   [view file]