Gearksutite R050657


 Name: Gearksutite
RRUFF ID: R050657
Ideal Chemistry: CaAlF4(OH)·H2O
Locality: Jamestown, Colorado, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13284 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050657.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.98Sr0.02)Al1.00F4.00(OH)·H2O
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R050657
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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: R050657.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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Sample Description: Powder
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050657.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.9358(2)Å    b: 6.8086(3)Å    c: 6.9775(7)Å
alpha: 101.158(4)°    beta: 94.736(3)°    gamma: 110.067(7)°   Volume: 213.25(1)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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REFERENCES for Gearksutite

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]

Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) 170. Gearksutite, in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition John Wiley and Sons New York 130-130   [view file]

Flight W (1883) Two new aluminous mineral species, evigtokite and liskeardite, Journal of the Chemical Society, 43, 140-142   [view file]

Larsen E S, Wells R C (1916) Some minerals from the fluorite-barite vein near Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2, 360-365   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47

Marchetti F, Perchiazzi N (2000) The crystal structure of gearksutite, CaAlF4(OH) · H2O, American Mineralogist, 85, 231-235

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95