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Brucite R040077

Name: Brucite
RRUFF ID: R040077
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(OH)₂
Locality: Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7404 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White fine-grained massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Brucite (5) ]

Quick search: [ All Brucite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040077.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Mg_1.00(OH)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, cannot be oriented

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040077

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, cannot be oriented

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040077.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040077.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.1467(1)Å b: 3.1467(1)Å c: 4.7679(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 40.887(3)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Brucite
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]
Bruce A (1814) On native magnesia from New Jersey, The American Mineralogical Journal, 1, 26-30 [view file]
Silliman B (1818) Scientific Intelligence. Brucite, American Journal of Science, 1, 439-439 [view file]
Seybert H (1823) On the discovery of fluoric acid in the condrodite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 6, 356-361 [view file]
Tupper W M (1963) Brucite, a new occurrence at Meat Cove, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 796-804 [view file]
Schmalz R F (1965) Brucite in carbonate secreted by the red alga goniolithon sp., Science, 149, 993-996
Peterson R C, Hill R J, Gibbs G V (1979) A molecular – orbital study of distortions in the layer structures brucite, gibbsite, and serpentine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 703-711 [view file]
Whittaker E J W, Middleton A P (1979) The intergrowth of fibrous brucite and fibrous magnesite with chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 699-702 [view file]
Parise J B, Leinenweber K, Weidner D J, Tan K, Von Dreele R B (1994) Pressure-induced H bonding: Neutron diffraction study of brucite, Mg(OD)₂, to 9.3 GPa, American Mineralogist, 79, 193-196 [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]
Shinoda K, Yamakata M, Nanba T, Kimura H, Moriwaki T, Kondo Y, Kawamoto T, Niimi N, Miyoshi N, Aikawa N (2002) High-pressure phase transition and behavior of protons in brucite Mg(OH)₂: a high-pressure-temperature study using IR synchrotron radiation, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 396-402
Frost R L, Weier M L, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopy of some natural hydrotalcites with sulphate and carbonate in the interlayer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 760-768
Braterman P S, Cygan R T (2006) Vibrational spectroscopy of brucite: A molecular simulation investigation, American Mineralogist, 91, 1188-1196 [view file]
Jiang F, Speziale S, Duffy T S (2006) Single-crystal elasticity of brucite, Mg(OH)₂, to 15 GPa by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 91, 1893-1900 [view file]
Mookherjee M, Stixrude L (2006) High-pressure proton disorder in brucite, American Mineralogist, 91, 127-134 [view file]
Frost R L, Palmer S J, Bouzaid J M, Reddy B J (2007) A Raman spectroscopic study of humite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 68-77
Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file]
Ma M, Liu W, Chen Z, Liu Z, Li B (2013) Compression and structure of brucite to 31 GPa from synchrotron X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies, American Mineralogist, 98, 33-40
Theiss F L, Ayoko G A, Frost R L (2013) Stichtite a review, Clay Minerals, 48, 143-148 [view file]
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75
Liu C, Zhang R, Shen K, Liu T, Wen W, Wang D (2018) An in situ kinetic study of the dehydration of brucite using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 101-108
Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1701-1731
Chien Y H, Wei K C, Hsieh W P (2022) Thermal conductivity of single-crystal brucite at high pressures: Implications for thermal anomaly in the shallow lower mantle, American Mineralogist, 107, 790-796
Miao Y, Zhu X, Ye Y, Smyth J R, Liu D, Hu Y, Chen G (2022) Crystal structures and high-temperature and high-pressure vibrational spectra of synthetic fluorine-bearing brucites, American Mineralogist, 107, 2065-2074

REFERENCES for Brucite

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]

Bruce A (1814) On native magnesia from New Jersey, The American Mineralogical Journal, 1, 26-30 [view file]

Silliman B (1818) Scientific Intelligence. Brucite, American Journal of Science, 1, 439-439 [view file]

Seybert H (1823) On the discovery of fluoric acid in the condrodite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 6, 356-361 [view file]

Tupper W M (1963) Brucite, a new occurrence at Meat Cove, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 796-804 [view file]

Schmalz R F (1965) Brucite in carbonate secreted by the red alga goniolithon sp., Science, 149, 993-996

Peterson R C, Hill R J, Gibbs G V (1979) A molecular – orbital study of distortions in the layer structures brucite, gibbsite, and serpentine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 703-711 [view file]

Whittaker E J W, Middleton A P (1979) The intergrowth of fibrous brucite and fibrous magnesite with chrysotile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 699-702 [view file]

Parise J B, Leinenweber K, Weidner D J, Tan K, Von Dreele R B (1994) Pressure-induced H bonding: Neutron diffraction study of brucite, Mg(OD)₂, to 9.3 GPa, American Mineralogist, 79, 193-196 [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]

Shinoda K, Yamakata M, Nanba T, Kimura H, Moriwaki T, Kondo Y, Kawamoto T, Niimi N, Miyoshi N, Aikawa N (2002) High-pressure phase transition and behavior of protons in brucite Mg(OH)₂: a high-pressure-temperature study using IR synchrotron radiation, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 396-402

Frost R L, Weier M L, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopy of some natural hydrotalcites with sulphate and carbonate in the interlayer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 760-768

Braterman P S, Cygan R T (2006) Vibrational spectroscopy of brucite: A molecular simulation investigation, American Mineralogist, 91, 1188-1196 [view file]

Jiang F, Speziale S, Duffy T S (2006) Single-crystal elasticity of brucite, Mg(OH)₂, to 15 GPa by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 91, 1893-1900 [view file]

Mookherjee M, Stixrude L (2006) High-pressure proton disorder in brucite, American Mineralogist, 91, 127-134 [view file]

Frost R L, Palmer S J, Bouzaid J M, Reddy B J (2007) A Raman spectroscopic study of humite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 68-77

Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file]

Ma M, Liu W, Chen Z, Liu Z, Li B (2013) Compression and structure of brucite to 31 GPa from synchrotron X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy studies, American Mineralogist, 98, 33-40

Theiss F L, Ayoko G A, Frost R L (2013) Stichtite a review, Clay Minerals, 48, 143-148 [view file]

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75

Liu C, Zhang R, Shen K, Liu T, Wen W, Wang D (2018) An in situ kinetic study of the dehydration of brucite using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 101-108

Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1701-1731

Chien Y H, Wei K C, Hsieh W P (2022) Thermal conductivity of single-crystal brucite at high pressures: Implications for thermal anomaly in the shallow lower mantle, American Mineralogist, 107, 790-796

Miao Y, Zhu X, Ye Y, Smyth J R, Liu D, Hu Y, Chen G (2022) Crystal structures and high-temperature and high-pressure vibrational spectra of synthetic fluorine-bearing brucites, American Mineralogist, 107, 2065-2074