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Sarkinite R080065

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Name: Sarkinite
RRUFF ID: R080065
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+2(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: Michael Scott S103709 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Vitreous pink massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Wagnerite (7) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080065
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080065.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.751(2)Å    b: 13.577(2)Å    c: 10.189(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 108.857(8)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1669.2(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sarkinite

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]

Sjögren A (1885) Sarkinit, ett nytt manganarseniat från Pajsbergs jern- och mangan-malmsgrufva i Filipstads bergslag, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 724-726   [view file]

Palache C, Bauer L H, Berman H (1938) Yeatmanite, a new mineral, and sarkinite from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 23, 527-530   [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

dal Negro A, Giuseppetti G, Pozas J M M (1974) The crystal structure of sarkinite, Mn2AsO4(OH), Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 21, 246-260

Hålenius U, Westlund E (1998) Manganese valency and the colour of the Mn2AsO4(OH) polymorphs eveite and sarkinite, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(1), 113-119   [view file]