Important Update News
The RRUFF Project is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional. Existing RRUFF.info links will resolve to the new site after RRUFF.net is officially released.
We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.
![]() |
![]() |
Name: Jerrygibbsite RRUFF ID: R100042 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2 Locality: Kombat mine, Otavi Mountains, Namibia Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan transparent cleavages, associated with hausmannite, calcite, and an orange-red granular vesuvianite-group mineral Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Humite (21) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Jerrygibbsite samples (2) ] |
RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRUFF ID: | R100042.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.8757(6)Å b: 10.810(1)Å c: 28.442(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1499.1(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
||||||
|
|
REFERENCES for Jerrygibbsite | |
---|---|
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] |
|
Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Simmons W B, Essene E J (1984) Jerrygibbsite, a new polymorph of Mn9(SiO4)4(OH)2 from Franklin, New Jersey, with new data on leucophoenicite, American Mineralogist, 69, 546-552 [view file] |
|
Kato T, Ito Y, Hashimoto N (1989) The crystal structures of sonolite and jerrygibbsite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 410-430 |
|
|