|
|
Name: Wendwilsonite RRUFF ID: R100174 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 18613 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Druse of dark pink elongated pyramidal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Roselite (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Wendwilsonite samples (10) ] |
CHEMISTRY | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRUFF ID: | R100174.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.799(1)Å b: 12.894(3)Å c: 5.623(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 107.53(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 400.98(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
||||||
|
|
REFERENCES for Wendwilsonite | |
---|---|
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] |
|
Keller P, Hess H, Riffel H (1981) Die kristallstrukturen von zwei neuen calcium-zink-arsenat-mineralen von Tsumeb/Nambia, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 70-71 [view file] |
|
Dunn P J, Sturman B D, Nelen J A (1987) Wendwilsonite, the Mg analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico, and new data on roselite, American Mineralogist, 72, 217-221 [view file] |
|
Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
|
Kolitsch U, Fleck M (2006) Third update on compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: the crystal structure of wendwilsonite [Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O] and the new triclinic structure of synthetic AgSc(CrO4)2·2H2O and M2Cu(Cr2O7)2·2H2O (M= Rb, Cs), European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 471-482 |
|
Frost R L, Scholz R, López A, Belotti F M, Xi Y (2014) Structural characterization and vibrational spectroscopy of the arsenate mineral wendwilsonite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 118, 737-743 |
|
|