Raspite R130514



Name: Raspite
RRUFF ID: R130514
Ideal Chemistry: Pb(WO4)
Locality: Grand Central mine, Tombstone, Arizona, USA
Source: Bruce Murphy [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Elongated, prismatic-to-tabular, pale yellow-to-colorless crystals, associated with chlorargyrite, emmonsite, ottoite, quartz, and jarosite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Raspite (3) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R130514.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb0.96(W0.57Te0.44Al0.01)O4
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R130514
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130514.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.621(3)Å    b: 5.019(1)Å    c: 5.586(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 107.979(5)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 363.2(2)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 Raspite

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]

Hlawatsch C (1897) Ueber den Stolzit und ein neues Mineral »Raspit« von Brokenhill, Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 12, 33-41   [view file]

Hlawatsch C (1898) Ueber Stolzit und Raspit von Brokenhill, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 29, 130-139   [view file]

Fujita T, Kawada I, Kato K (1977) Raspite from Broken Hill, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 162-164

Itoh M, Fujita M (2000) Optical properties of scheelite and raspite PbWO4 crystals, Physical Review B, 62, 12825-12830

Bastians S, Crump G, Griffith W P, Withnall R (2004) Raspite and studtite: Raman spectra of two unique minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 726-731

Andrade M B, Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A, Fay I (2014) Te-rich raspite, Pb(W0.56Te0.44)O4, from Tombstone, Arizona, U.S.A.: The first natural example of Te6+ substitution for W6+, American Mineralogist, 99, 1507-1510   [view file]