Åkermanite R061100

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Name: Åkermanite
RRUFF ID: R061100
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2MgSi2O7
Locality: Lago de Vico, Viterbo, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S101600 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Colorless to white short prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Melilite (7) ]
Quick search: [ All Åkermanite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061100.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca1.80Na0.20)Σ=2(Mg0.58Al0.38Fe0.04)Σ=1(Si1.82Al0.18)Σ=2O7
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: M00347
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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RRUFF ID: R061100
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061100.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.7684(2)Å    b: 7.7684(2)Å    c: 5.0220(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 303.06(1)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Åkermanite

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]

Vogt I H L (1884) Studier over slagger. I, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 9, 3-302   [view file]

Vogt I H L (1890) Die Mineralien der Melilithgruppe - nämlich Gehlenit, Melilith und ein neues tetragonales, nicht Al2O3-führendes (Ca,Mg)O-Silikat (Åkermanit), nebst Zwischengliedern, Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, 13, 310-402   [view file]

Mokeeva V, Makarov E (1979) Isomorph in melilites: refining of crystal structure of akermanite and intermediate melilite, Geokhimiya, 10, 1541-1544

Kimata M, Ii N (1981) The crystal structure of synthetic akermanite, Ca2MgSi2O7, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1981, 1-10

Hemingway B S, Evans H T, Nord G L, Haselton H T, Robie R A, McGee J J (1986) Åkermanite: phase transitions in heat capacity and thermal expansion, and revised thermodynamic data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 425-434   [view file]

Sharma S K, Yoder H S, Matson D W (1988) Raman study of some melilites in crystalline and glassy states, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52, 1961-1967

Shannon R D, Iishi K, Allik T H, Rossman G R, Liebertz J (1992) Dielectric constants of BaO and melilites and the oxide additivity rule, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 1241-1249

Swainson I P, Dove M T, Schmahl W W, Putnis A (1992) Neutron powder diffraction study of the akermanite-gehlenite solid solution series, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 19, 185-195

Kusaka K, Ohmasa M, Hagiya K, Iishi K, Haga N (1998) On variety of the Ca coordination in the incommensurate structure of synthetic iron-bearing åkermanite, Ca2(Mg0.55Fe0.45)Si2O7, Mineralogical Journal, 20, 47-58   [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]

Gemmi M, Merlini M, Cruciani G, Artioli G (2007) Non-ideality and defectivity of the åkermanite-gehlenite solid solution: An X-ray diffraction and TEM study, American Mineralogist, 92, 1685-1694   [view file]

Merlini M, Gemmi M, Cruciani G, Artioli G (2008) High-temperature behaviour of melilite: in situ X-ray diffraction study of gehlenite-åkermanite-Na melilite solid solution, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 35, 147-155

Merlini M, Gemmi M, Hanfland M, Crichton W (2009) High-pressure behavior of akermanite and gehlenite and phase stability of the normal structures in melelites, American Mineralogist, 94, 704-709   [view file]