Greifensteinite R100221
Name: Greifensteinite
RRUFF ID: R100221
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Locality: Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Luiz Menezes [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Rosettes of green platy crystals on microcline and muscovite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ roscherite (9) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100221
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100221.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 15.940(3)Å    b: 11.901(3)Å    c: 6.672(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 94.82(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1261.2(5)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 Greifensteinite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Chukanov N V, Möckel S, Rastsvetaeva R K, Zadov A E (2002) Greifensteinite Ca2Be4(Fe2+,Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O — a new mineral from Greifenstein, Saxony, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 4 47-52   [view file]

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Azarova Y V, Semenov E I (2002) Kuzmenkoite-Zn, K2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4·6-8H2O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 2 45-50   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Gurbanova O A, Chukanov N V (2002) Crystal structure of greifensteinite Ca2Be4(Fe2+,Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O, Doklady Chemistry, 383, 78-81

Grew E S, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1175-1180   [view file]

Barinova A V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Refinement of the crystal structure of Zn-containing greifensteinite, Crystallography Reports, 49, 942-945   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 215-234   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Barinova A V, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Crystal structure of a magnesium-rich triclinic analogue of greifensteinite, Doklady Chemistry, 398, 191-195   [view file]

Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Menezes L A D (2005) Roscherite-group minerals from Brazil, Axis, 1, Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-18