R060188 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Chamosite R060188

Name: Chamosite
RRUFF ID: R060188
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈
Locality: Slesse Creek, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown hexagonal tablets with curved prism faces
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Groups: [ chlorite (7) ] [ Clay (86) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060188.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe²⁺_2.53Mg_2.15Al_0.30Mn_0.02)_Σ=5Al_1.00(Si_2.70Al_1.30)O₁₀(OH)₈
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060188

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060188.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.675(4)Å b: 8.987(1)Å c: 28.750(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 100.32(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1442.6(9)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chamosite
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]
Berthier M P (1820) Sur la nature du minerai de fer magnétique de Chamoison (Valais), Annales des Mines, 5, 393-396 [view file]
Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]
von Engelhardt W (1942) Die strukturen von thuringit, bavalit und chamosit und ihre stellung in der chloritgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 104, 142-159 [view file]
Brindley G W (1951) The crystal structure of some chamosite minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 502-523 [view file]
Brindley G W, Youell R F (1953) Ferrous chamosite and ferric chamosite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 57-70 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852 [view file]
Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138 [view file]
Chauvel J J (1990) Chamosite and berthierine: is it possible to make clear the terminology?, Sediments, 13, 87-88
Walker J R, Bish D L (1992) Application of Rietveld refinement techniques to a disordered IIb Mg-chamosite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 40, 319-322 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Roth P (2007) Chamosite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 52-53
Tang D, Shi X, Jiang G, Zhou X, Shi Q (2017) Ferruginous seawater facilitates the transformation of glauconite to chamosite: An example from the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling formation of North China, American Mineralogist, 102, 2317-2332
Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279
Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362 [view file]

REFERENCES for Chamosite

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]

Berthier M P (1820) Sur la nature du minerai de fer magnétique de Chamoison (Valais), Annales des Mines, 5, 393-396 [view file]

Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]

von Engelhardt W (1942) Die strukturen von thuringit, bavalit und chamosit und ihre stellung in der chloritgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 104, 142-159 [view file]

Brindley G W (1951) The crystal structure of some chamosite minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 502-523 [view file]

Brindley G W, Youell R F (1953) Ferrous chamosite and ferric chamosite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 57-70 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852 [view file]

Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138 [view file]

Chauvel J J (1990) Chamosite and berthierine: is it possible to make clear the terminology?, Sediments, 13, 87-88

Walker J R, Bish D L (1992) Application of Rietveld refinement techniques to a disordered IIb Mg-chamosite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 40, 319-322 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Roth P (2007) Chamosite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 52-53

Tang D, Shi X, Jiang G, Zhou X, Shi Q (2017) Ferruginous seawater facilitates the transformation of glauconite to chamosite: An example from the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling formation of North China, American Mineralogist, 102, 2317-2332

Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279

Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362 [view file]