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Churchite-(Y) R060424

Name: Churchite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R060424
Ideal Chemistry: Y(PO₄)·2H₂O
Locality: Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100069 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spray of colorless acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Gypsum (12) ]

Quick search: [ All Churchite-(Y) samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060424.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Y_0.93Dy_0.03Er_0.02Gd_0.02Yb_0.01Ho_0.01Tm_0.01Ca_0.01Fe_0.01)_Σ=1.05(P_0.94Al_0.01)_Σ=0.95O₄·0.57H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060424

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060424.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.588(3)Å b: 15.022(7)Å c: 6.293(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 117.90(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 466.9(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Churchite-(Y)
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]
Church A H (1865) Preliminary note on a new British mineral containing cerium, The Chemical News, 12, 121-121 [view file]
Williams C G (1865) On the presence of didymium in churchite, The Chemical News, 12, 183-183 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852 [view file]
Milton D J, Bastron H (1971) Churchite and Florencite (Nd) from Sausalito, California, The Mineralogical Record, 2, 166-168 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1982) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 513-514 [view file]
Podporina E K, Burkov V V, Danilova K N (1983) Nd-churchites from the crust of weathering of Kazakjstan metamorphic rocks, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 268, 195-198 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Kohlmann M, Sowa H, Reithmayer K, Schulz H, Kruger R R, Abriel W (1994) Structure of a Y_1-x(Gd,Dy,Er)_xPO₄·2H₂O microcrystal using synchrotron radiation, Acta Crystallographica, C50, 1651-1652
Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56
Göb S, Wenzel T, Bau M, Jacob D E, Loges A, Markl G (2011) The redistribution of rare-earth elements in secondary minerals of hydrothermal veins, Schwarzwald, southwestern Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1305-1333 [view file]

REFERENCES for Churchite-(Y)

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]

Church A H (1865) Preliminary note on a new British mineral containing cerium, The Chemical News, 12, 121-121 [view file]

Williams C G (1865) On the presence of didymium in churchite, The Chemical News, 12, 183-183 [view file]

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

Milton D J, Bastron H (1971) Churchite and Florencite (Nd) from Sausalito, California, The Mineralogical Record, 2, 166-168 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1982) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 513-514 [view file]

Podporina E K, Burkov V V, Danilova K N (1983) Nd-churchites from the crust of weathering of Kazakjstan metamorphic rocks, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 268, 195-198 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Kohlmann M, Sowa H, Reithmayer K, Schulz H, Kruger R R, Abriel W (1994) Structure of a Y_1-x(Gd,Dy,Er)_xPO₄·2H₂O microcrystal using synchrotron radiation, Acta Crystallographica, C50, 1651-1652

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56

Göb S, Wenzel T, Bau M, Jacob D E, Loges A, Markl G (2011) The redistribution of rare-earth elements in secondary minerals of hydrothermal veins, Schwarzwald, southwestern Germany, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1305-1333 [view file]