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Lithiophilite R070303

Name: Lithiophilite
RRUFF ID: R070303
Ideal Chemistry: LiMn²⁺(PO₄)
Locality: Vittaniemi, Erajarvi, Orivesi, Etela-Suomen Laani, Finland
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish brown massive associated with muscovite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ]

Quick search: [ All Lithiophilite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070303.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Li_1.00(Mn²⁺_0.67Fe²⁺_0.33)_Σ=1P_1.00O₄; trace amounts of Ca and Mg; Li estimated by difference and charge balance
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:

R070303

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070303.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.7193(7)Å b: 10.400(2)Å c: 6.065(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 297.6(1)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 Lithiophilite
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]
Brush G J, Dana E S (1878) On a new and remarkable mineral locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut; with a description of several new species occurring there. First Paper., American Journal of Science and Arts, 116, 33-46; 114-123 [view file]
Björling C O, Westgren A (1938) Minerals of the Varusträsk Pegmatite. IX. X-ray studies of triphylite, varulite and their oxidation products, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 60, 67-72 [view file]
Geller S, Durand J L (1960) Refinement of the structure of LiMnPO₄, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 325-331
Bradley R S, Engel P, Munro D C (1966) Subsolidus solubility between R₂^..SiO₄ and LiR^..PO₄: a hydrothermal investigation, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 742-755 [view file]
Hurlbut C S, Aristarain L F (1968) Beusite, a new mineral from Argentina, and the graftonite-beusite series, American Mineralogist, 53, 1799-1814 [view file]
Fransolet A-M, Antenucci D, Speetjens J-M, Tarte P (1984) An X-ray determinative method for the divalent cation ratio in the triphylite-lithiophilite series, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 373-381 [view file]
Shigley J E, Brown G E (1985) Occurance and alteration of phosphate minerals at the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 70, 395-408 [view file]
Losey A, Rakovan J, Hughes J M, Francis C A, Dyar M D (2004) Structural variation in the lithiophilite-triphylite series and other olivine-group structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1105-1115 [view file]
Galliski M A, Oyarzábal J C, Márquez-Zavalía M F, Chapman R (2009) The association qingheiite – beusite – lithiophilite in the Santa Ana pegmatite, San Luis, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1213-1223
Hatert F, Ottolini L, Wouters J, Fontan F (2012) A structural study of the lithiophilite-sicklerite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 843-854 [view file]
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]
Roda-Robles E, Pesquera A, García de Madinabeitia S , Gil Ibarguchi J, Nizamoff J, Simmons W, Falster A, Galliski M A (2014) On the geochemical character of primary Fe-Mn phosphates belonging to the triphylite-lithiophilite, graftonite-beusite, and triplite-zwieselite series: first results and implications for pegmatite petrogenesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 321-335 [view file]
Lyalina L M, Selivanova E A, Hatert F (2023) Nomenclature of the triphylite group of minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 427-437 [view file]

REFERENCES for Lithiophilite

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]

Brush G J, Dana E S (1878) On a new and remarkable mineral locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut; with a description of several new species occurring there. First Paper., American Journal of Science and Arts, 116, 33-46; 114-123 [view file]

Björling C O, Westgren A (1938) Minerals of the Varusträsk Pegmatite. IX. X-ray studies of triphylite, varulite and their oxidation products, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 60, 67-72 [view file]

Geller S, Durand J L (1960) Refinement of the structure of LiMnPO₄, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 325-331

Bradley R S, Engel P, Munro D C (1966) Subsolidus solubility between R₂^..SiO₄ and LiR^..PO₄: a hydrothermal investigation, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 742-755 [view file]

Hurlbut C S, Aristarain L F (1968) Beusite, a new mineral from Argentina, and the graftonite-beusite series, American Mineralogist, 53, 1799-1814 [view file]

Fransolet A-M, Antenucci D, Speetjens J-M, Tarte P (1984) An X-ray determinative method for the divalent cation ratio in the triphylite-lithiophilite series, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 373-381 [view file]

Shigley J E, Brown G E (1985) Occurance and alteration of phosphate minerals at the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 70, 395-408 [view file]

Losey A, Rakovan J, Hughes J M, Francis C A, Dyar M D (2004) Structural variation in the lithiophilite-triphylite series and other olivine-group structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1105-1115 [view file]

Galliski M A, Oyarzábal J C, Márquez-Zavalía M F, Chapman R (2009) The association qingheiite – beusite – lithiophilite in the Santa Ana pegmatite, San Luis, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1213-1223

Hatert F, Ottolini L, Wouters J, Fontan F (2012) A structural study of the lithiophilite-sicklerite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 843-854 [view file]

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

Roda-Robles E, Pesquera A, García de Madinabeitia S , Gil Ibarguchi J, Nizamoff J, Simmons W, Falster A, Galliski M A (2014) On the geochemical character of primary Fe-Mn phosphates belonging to the triphylite-lithiophilite, graftonite-beusite, and triplite-zwieselite series: first results and implications for pegmatite petrogenesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 321-335 [view file]

Lyalina L M, Selivanova E A, Hatert F (2023) Nomenclature of the triphylite group of minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 427-437 [view file]