Ferrosilite R070387 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ferrosilite R070387

Name: Ferrosilite
RRUFF ID: R070387
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆
Locality: Central Gneissic Complex (Khtada Lake), British Columbia, Canada
Source: Jibamitra Ganguly [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Translucent greenish-yellow grains with vitreous luster, known as Hollister enstatite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070387.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe_0.48Mg_0.47Al_0.02Ca_0.02◻_0.01)_Σ=1Si_1.00O₃ ; = light phase. There are trace amounts of Mn and Ti. The dark phase = quartz
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070387

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070387.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.317(3)Å b: 8.917(2)Å c: 5.2207(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 852.7(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ferrosilite
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]
Bowen N L (1935) “Ferrosilite” as a natural mineral, American Journal of Science, 30, 481-494 [view file]
Henry N F M (1935) Some data on the iron-rich hypersthenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 221-226 [view file]
Tsurc K, Henry N F M (1937) An iron-rich optically-positive hypersthene from Manchuria, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 527-528 [view file]
Ramberg H, DeVore G (1951) The distribution of Fe⁺⁺ and Mg⁺⁺ in coexisting olivines and pyroxenes, The Journal of Geology, 59, 193-210
Howie R A (1963) Cell parameters of orthopyroxenes, Mineralogical Society of America: Special Papers, 1, 213-222 [view file]
Saxena S K, Ghose S (1971) Mg²⁺-Fe²⁺ order-disorder and the thermodynamics of the orthopyroxene crystalline solution, American Mineralogist, 56, 532-559 [view file]
Smyth J R, Burnham C W (1972) The crystal structures of high and low clinohypersthene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 14, 183-189
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]
Kjekshus A, Rakke T, Andresen A (1974) Compounds of the marcasite type crystal structure. IX. Structural data for FeAs₂, FeSe₂, NiAs₂, NiSb₂, and CuSe₂, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 996-1000
Ohashi Y, Burnham C W, Finger L W (1975) The effect of Ca-Fe on the clinopyroxene crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 60, 423-434 [view file]
Sueno S, Cameron M, Prewitt C T (1976) Orthoferrosilite: High-temperature crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 61, 38-53 [view file]
Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]
Sueno S, Prewitt C T (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and high clinoferrosilite, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 61, 223-241
Weber H P (1983) Ferrosilite III, the high-temperature polymorph of FeSiO₃, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 1-3
Tazzoli V, Domeneghetti M C (1987) Crystal-Chemistry of Natural and Heated Aluminous Orthopyroxenes, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 131-139
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Domeneghetti M C, Molin G M, Stimpfl M, Tribaudino M (1995) Orthopyroxene from the Serra de Mage meteorite: Structure refinement and estimation of C2/c pyroxene contributions to apparent Pbca diffraction violations, American Mineralogist, 80, 923-929 [view file]
Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]
Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]
Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]
Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485
Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32
Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2013) Local structure in C2/c clinopyroxenes on the hedenbergite (CaFeSi₂O₆)-ferrosilite (Fe₂Si₂O₆) join: A new interpretation for the Mössbauer spectra of Ca-rich C2/c clinopyroxenes and implications for pyroxene exsolution, American Mineralogist, 98, 1227-1234
Dera P, Finkelstein G, Duffy T S, Downs R T, Meng Y, Prakapenka V, Tkachev S (2013) Metastable high-pressure transformations of orthoferrosilite Fs82, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 181, 2914-2917 [view file]
Dohmen R, Heege J H, Becker H, Chakraborty S (2016) Fe-Mg interdiffusion in orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 101, 2210-2221
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
Ohi S, Miyake A (2016) Phase transitions between high- and low-temperature orthopyroxene in the Mg₂Si₂O₆-Fe₂Si₂O₆ system, American Mineralogist, 101, 1414-1422
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ferrosilite

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]

Bowen N L (1935) “Ferrosilite” as a natural mineral, American Journal of Science, 30, 481-494 [view file]

Henry N F M (1935) Some data on the iron-rich hypersthenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 221-226 [view file]

Tsurc K, Henry N F M (1937) An iron-rich optically-positive hypersthene from Manchuria, Mineralogical Magazine, 24, 527-528 [view file]

Ramberg H, DeVore G (1951) The distribution of Fe⁺⁺ and Mg⁺⁺ in coexisting olivines and pyroxenes, The Journal of Geology, 59, 193-210

Howie R A (1963) Cell parameters of orthopyroxenes, Mineralogical Society of America: Special Papers, 1, 213-222 [view file]

Saxena S K, Ghose S (1971) Mg²⁺-Fe²⁺ order-disorder and the thermodynamics of the orthopyroxene crystalline solution, American Mineralogist, 56, 532-559 [view file]

Smyth J R, Burnham C W (1972) The crystal structures of high and low clinohypersthene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 14, 183-189

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]

Kjekshus A, Rakke T, Andresen A (1974) Compounds of the marcasite type crystal structure. IX. Structural data for FeAs₂, FeSe₂, NiAs₂, NiSb₂, and CuSe₂, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 996-1000

Ohashi Y, Burnham C W, Finger L W (1975) The effect of Ca-Fe on the clinopyroxene crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 60, 423-434 [view file]

Sueno S, Cameron M, Prewitt C T (1976) Orthoferrosilite: High-temperature crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 61, 38-53 [view file]

Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]

Sueno S, Prewitt C T (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and high clinoferrosilite, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 61, 223-241

Weber H P (1983) Ferrosilite III, the high-temperature polymorph of FeSiO₃, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 1-3

Tazzoli V, Domeneghetti M C (1987) Crystal-Chemistry of Natural and Heated Aluminous Orthopyroxenes, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 131-139

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Domeneghetti M C, Molin G M, Stimpfl M, Tribaudino M (1995) Orthopyroxene from the Serra de Mage meteorite: Structure refinement and estimation of C2/c pyroxene contributions to apparent Pbca diffraction violations, American Mineralogist, 80, 923-929 [view file]

Huang E, Chen C H, Huang T, Lin E H, Xu J (2000) Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 85, 473-479 [view file]

Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]

Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Balić-Žunić T, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2008) The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 93, 644-652 [view file]

Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485

Stalder R, Kronz A, Schmidt B C (2009) Raman spectroscopy of synthetic (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ single crystals. An analytical tool for natural orthopyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 27-32

Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C (2013) Local structure in C2/c clinopyroxenes on the hedenbergite (CaFeSi₂O₆)-ferrosilite (Fe₂Si₂O₆) join: A new interpretation for the Mössbauer spectra of Ca-rich C2/c clinopyroxenes and implications for pyroxene exsolution, American Mineralogist, 98, 1227-1234

Dera P, Finkelstein G, Duffy T S, Downs R T, Meng Y, Prakapenka V, Tkachev S (2013) Metastable high-pressure transformations of orthoferrosilite Fs82, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 181, 2914-2917 [view file]

Dohmen R, Heege J H, Becker H, Chakraborty S (2016) Fe-Mg interdiffusion in orthopyroxene, American Mineralogist, 101, 2210-2221

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

Ohi S, Miyake A (2016) Phase transitions between high- and low-temperature orthopyroxene in the Mg₂Si₂O₆-Fe₂Si₂O₆ system, American Mineralogist, 101, 1414-1422

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]