Phosphoferrite R090065
Name: Phosphoferrite
RRUFF ID: R090065
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O
Locality: Germany
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M38123 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown pseudo-octahedral crystals on matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Reddingite (9) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R090065.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe+22.376Mn+20.758Ca0.03)Σ=3.164(P0.967O4)2·3H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R090065
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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: R090065.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4677(6)Å    b: 10.0872(7)Å    c: 8.6688(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 827.9(1)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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REFERENCES for Phosphoferrite

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]

Laubmann H, Steinmetz H (1920) Phosphatführende Pegmatite des Oberpfälzer und Bayerischen Waldes, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 55, 523-586   [view file]

Wherry E T, Gordon S G, Foshag W F (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 63-68   [view file]

Steinmetz H (1926) Phosphophyllit und Reddingit von Hagendorf, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 64, 405-412   [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 32-34   [view file]

Tennyson C (1954) Phosphoferrit und reddingit von Hagendorf, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 87, 185-217

Moore P B (1971) The Fe2+3(H2O)n(PO4)2 homologous series: Crystal-chemical relationships and oxidized equivalents, American Mineralogist, 56, 1-17   [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T (1976) A mixed-valence solid-solution series: Crystal structures of phosphoferrite, FeII3(H2O)3[PO4]2, and kryzhanovskite, FeIII3(OH)3[PO4]2, Inorganic Chemistry, 15, 316-321

Mattievich E and Danon J (1977) Hydrothermal synthesis and Mössbauer studies of ferrous phosphates of the homologous series Fe32+(PO4)2(H2O)n, Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, 39, 569-580

Moore P B, Araki T, Kampf A R (1980) Nomenclature of the phosphoferrite structure type: refinements of landesite and kryzhanovskite, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 789-795   [view file]

Moreira L F, Diehl L M A, Torres-Tapia E C, Domingues P H and Mattievich E (1994) Magnetic studies on synthetic phosphoferrite Fe32+(H2O)3(PO4)2, Hyperfine Interactions, 83, 193-197

Łodziński M, Sitarz M (2009) Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of some phosphate accessory minerals from pegmatites of the Sowie Góry Mts, SW Poland, Journal of Molecular Structure, 924-926, 442-447

Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645