Rhodonite R060363 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Rhodonite R060363

Name: Rhodonite
RRUFF ID: R060363
Ideal Chemistry: CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)
Locality: 2600' level, Broken Hill mine, New South Wales, Australia
Source: Herb Obodda 071 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish brown cleavage fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Rhodonite (16) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060363.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn_0.75Fe_0.18Ca_0.09)Si_0.99O₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060363

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R060363.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060363.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.7672(9)Å b: 10.5146(5)Å c: 12.2421(7)Å
alpha: 109.111(9)° beta: 102.897(7)° gamma: 82.245(4)° Volume: 1155.37(9)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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

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

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REFERENCES for Rhodonite
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]
Jasche C F (1817) Das Rothmanganerz in der Gegend von Elbingerode am Harz, Kleine Mineralogische Schriften, 1, 1-9 [view file]
Germar (1819) Ueber die kohlenstoff - und kieselsauren Manganerze des Unterharzes, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 26, 108-120 [view file]
Liebau F (1957) The crystal structures of rhodonite, CaMn₄[Si₅O₁₅], and pyroxmangite, (Ca, Mg)(Mn, Fe)₆[Si₇O₂₁], Acta Crystallographica, 10, 761-761
Liebau V F, Hilmer W, Lindemann G (1959) Über die kristallstruktur des rhodonits (Mn,Ca)SiO₃, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 182-187
Peacor D R, Niizeki N (1963) The redetermination and refinement of the crystal structure of rhodonite, (Mn, Ca)SiO₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 98-116 [view file]
Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305
Manning P G (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmangite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 348-357 [view file]
Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]
Peacor D R, Essene E J, Brown P E, Winter G A (1978) The crystal chemistry and petrogenesis of a magnesian rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 63, 1137-1142 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Viswanathan K, Harneit O (1986) Lattice expansion and ionic substitution in common pyroxenoids, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 94, 238-244
Pinckney L R, Burnham C W (1988) Effects of compositional variation on the crystal structures of pyroxmangite and rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 798-808 [view file]
Robie R A, Huebner J S, Hemingway B S (1995) Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂) and rhodonite (MnSiO₃), American Mineralogist, 80, 560-575 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Nelson W R, Griffen D T (2005) Crystal chemistry of Zn-rich rhodonite ("fowlerite"), American Mineralogist, 90, 969-983 [view file]
Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114
Griffen D T, Nelson W R (2007) Mössbauer spectroscopy of Zn-poor and Zn-rich rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 92, 1486-1491 [view file]
Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E (2008) Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 125-130
Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]
Grey I E, Kampf A R, Keck E, MacRae C M, Cashion J D, Gozukara Y (2018) Crystal chemistry of schoonerite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 621-634 [view file]
Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020
Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E, Revheim O, Bracco R (2018) Clino-suenoite, a newly approved magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 189-198 [view file]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 49. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 479-483 [view file]
Shchipalkina N V, Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of rhodonite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 829-835 [view file]

REFERENCES for Rhodonite

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]

Jasche C F (1817) Das Rothmanganerz in der Gegend von Elbingerode am Harz, Kleine Mineralogische Schriften, 1, 1-9 [view file]

Germar (1819) Ueber die kohlenstoff - und kieselsauren Manganerze des Unterharzes, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 26, 108-120 [view file]

Liebau F (1957) The crystal structures of rhodonite, CaMn₄[Si₅O₁₅], and pyroxmangite, (Ca, Mg)(Mn, Fe)₆[Si₇O₂₁], Acta Crystallographica, 10, 761-761

Liebau V F, Hilmer W, Lindemann G (1959) Über die kristallstruktur des rhodonits (Mn,Ca)SiO₃, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 182-187

Peacor D R, Niizeki N (1963) The redetermination and refinement of the crystal structure of rhodonite, (Mn, Ca)SiO₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 98-116 [view file]

Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305

Manning P G (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmangite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 348-357 [view file]

Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file]

Peacor D R, Essene E J, Brown P E, Winter G A (1978) The crystal chemistry and petrogenesis of a magnesian rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 63, 1137-1142 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Viswanathan K, Harneit O (1986) Lattice expansion and ionic substitution in common pyroxenoids, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 94, 238-244

Pinckney L R, Burnham C W (1988) Effects of compositional variation on the crystal structures of pyroxmangite and rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 798-808 [view file]

Robie R A, Huebner J S, Hemingway B S (1995) Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂) and rhodonite (MnSiO₃), American Mineralogist, 80, 560-575 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Nelson W R, Griffen D T (2005) Crystal chemistry of Zn-rich rhodonite ("fowlerite"), American Mineralogist, 90, 969-983 [view file]

Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114

Griffen D T, Nelson W R (2007) Mössbauer spectroscopy of Zn-poor and Zn-rich rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 92, 1486-1491 [view file]

Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E (2008) Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 125-130

Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file]

Grey I E, Kampf A R, Keck E, MacRae C M, Cashion J D, Gozukara Y (2018) Crystal chemistry of schoonerite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 621-634 [view file]

Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020

Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E, Revheim O, Bracco R (2018) Clino-suenoite, a newly approved magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 189-198 [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 49. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 479-483 [view file]

Shchipalkina N V, Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of rhodonite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 829-835 [view file]