Rhodizite R050099 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

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Rhodizite R050099

Name: Rhodizite
RRUFF ID: R050099
Ideal Chemistry: KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈
Locality: Mont Ibity, Antsirabe, Madagascar
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Rhodizite (2) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050099.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment: B, Be, Cs not analyzed; Be and B estimated by charge balance
Measured Chemistry:	(◻_0.49K_0.32Rb_0.17Na_0.02)(Al_3.96Si_0.04)_Σ=4Be_4.00(B_11.45Be_0.55)_Σ=12O₂₈

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00516

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050099

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050099.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050099.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.31532(9)Å b: 7.31532(9)Å c: 7.31532(9)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 391.47(1)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Rhodizite
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]
Rose G (1834) Ueber den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 33, 253-256 [view file]
Buerger M J, Taxer K J (1966) Rhodizite: structure and composition, Science, 152, 500-502
Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 529-534 [view file]
Taxer K, Buerger M J (1967) The crystal structure of rhodizite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 423-436 [view file]
Pring A, Din V K, Jefferson D A, Thomas J M (1986) The crystal chemistry of rhodizite: a re-examination, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 163-172 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file]
Laurs B M, F Pezzotta, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Muhlmeister S (2002) Rhodizite-londonite from the Antsongombato pegmatite, central Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 326-339 [view file]
Pekov I V, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V, Kononkova N N, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2010) Londonite from the Urals, and new aspects of the crystal chemistry of the rhodozite-londonite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 241-254 [view file]

REFERENCES for Rhodizite

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]

Rose G (1834) Ueber den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 33, 253-256 [view file]

Buerger M J, Taxer K J (1966) Rhodizite: structure and composition, Science, 152, 500-502

Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 529-534 [view file]

Taxer K, Buerger M J (1967) The crystal structure of rhodizite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 423-436 [view file]

Pring A, Din V K, Jefferson D A, Thomas J M (1986) The crystal chemistry of rhodizite: a re-examination, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 163-172 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file]

Laurs B M, F Pezzotta, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Muhlmeister S (2002) Rhodizite-londonite from the Antsongombato pegmatite, central Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 326-339 [view file]

Pekov I V, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V, Kononkova N N, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2010) Londonite from the Urals, and new aspects of the crystal chemistry of the rhodozite-londonite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 241-254 [view file]