Ima, R110151 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

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.

Volkovskite R110151

Name: Volkovskite
RRUFF ID: R110151
Ideal Chemistry: KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O
Locality: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Donald M Doell and Brian Roulston [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale red platy crystals, extracted by dissolving the matrix of sylvite/halite, associated with strontioginorite R110149, howlite R110150, ruitenbergite R110152, congolite R110153, and hilgardite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

DOWNLOADS:

To download sample data,
please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110151

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110151.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.538(1)Å b: 23.960(3)Å c: 6.5862(7)Å
alpha: 95.490(7)° beta: 119.176(7)° gamma: 90.620(6)° Volume: 894.8(2)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

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

REFERENCES for Volkovskite
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]
Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1546-1553 [view file]
Kondrat'eva V V, Ostrovskaya I V, Yarzhemskii Y Y (1966) A new hydrous calcium borate, volkovskite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 95, issue 1 45-50 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1968) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 1143-1145 [view file]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file]
Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1431-1437 [view file]
Mandarino J A, Rachlin A L, Dunn P J, Le Page Y, Back M E, Murowchick B L, Ramik R A, Falls R B (1990) Redefinition of volkovskite and its description from Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 351-356 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Andrianov V I, Genkina E A, Sokolova T N, Kashaev (1992) Crystal structure of volkovskite KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O from Nepkii deposit (E. Siberia), Kristallografiya, 37, 326-333
Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1999) Borate minerals. II. A hierarchy of structures based upon the borate fundamental building block, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 731-762 [view file]
Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]
Poulin R S, Grice J D, (2013) Volkovskite, a complex borate mineral: refined crystallographic data and optics, The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 157-169 [view file]

REFERENCES for Volkovskite

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]

Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1546-1553 [view file]

Kondrat'eva V V, Ostrovskaya I V, Yarzhemskii Y Y (1966) A new hydrous calcium borate, volkovskite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 95, issue 1 45-50 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1968) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 1143-1145 [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file]

Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1431-1437 [view file]

Mandarino J A, Rachlin A L, Dunn P J, Le Page Y, Back M E, Murowchick B L, Ramik R A, Falls R B (1990) Redefinition of volkovskite and its description from Sussex, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 351-356 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Andrianov V I, Genkina E A, Sokolova T N, Kashaev (1992) Crystal structure of volkovskite KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O from Nepkii deposit (E. Siberia), Kristallografiya, 37, 326-333

Grice J D, Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1999) Borate minerals. II. A hierarchy of structures based upon the borate fundamental building block, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 731-762 [view file]

Grice J D, Gault R A, Van Velthuizen J (2005) Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1469-1487 [view file]

Poulin R S, Grice J D, (2013) Volkovskite, a complex borate mineral: refined crystallographic data and optics, The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 157-169 [view file]