Sidwillite R210025 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sidwillite R210025

Name: Sidwillite
RRUFF ID: R210025
Ideal Chemistry: MoO₃·2H₂O
Locality: Cookes Peak, Cookes Range, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Source: Jim McGlasson
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow-green to dark green (or blue) aggregates of sidwillite crystals, associated with white needles or long prismatic molybdite, and tiny bladed gypsum.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

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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:

R210025

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R210025

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.666(4) Å b: 13.904(5)Å c: 10.527(3) Å
alpha: 90° beta: 91.70(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1560(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Sidwillite
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]
Lindqvist I (1950) The crystal structure of the yellow molybdic acid, MoO₃·2H₂O, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 4, 650-657 [view file]
Krebs B (1972) Die kristallstruktur von MoO₃·2H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2222-2231
Cesbron F, Ginderow D (1985) La sidwillite, MoO₃·2H₂O; une nouvelle espèce minérale de Lake Como, Colorado, U.S.A., Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 813-823
Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file]

REFERENCES for Sidwillite

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]

Lindqvist I (1950) The crystal structure of the yellow molybdic acid, MoO₃·2H₂O, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 4, 650-657 [view file]

Krebs B (1972) Die kristallstruktur von MoO₃·2H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2222-2231

Cesbron F, Ginderow D (1985) La sidwillite, MoO₃·2H₂O; une nouvelle espèce minérale de Lake Como, Colorado, U.S.A., Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 813-823

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file]