R050226 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Triplite R050226

Name: Triplite
RRUFF ID: R050226
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F
Locality: Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish brown massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Triplite (7) ]

Quick search: [ All Triplite samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050226.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn²⁺_1.20Mg_0.49Fe²⁺_0.27Ca_0.04)_Σ=2(P_1.00O₄)(F_0.95(OH)_0.05)_Σ=1

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00496

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050226

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050226.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050226.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050226.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.036(2)Å b: 6.4646(3)Å c: 9.965(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 106.75(1)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 742.5(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Triplite
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]
Hausmann J F L (1813) Triplit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 2 Göttingen 1079-1080 [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]
Heinrich E W (1951) Mineralogy of triplite, American Mineralogist, 36, 256-271 [view file]
Fisher D J (1957) Isokite and triplite from Bohemia, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 587-602 [view file]
Waldrop L (1969) The crystal structure of triplite, (Mn,Fe)₂FPO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 1-14 [view file]
Rea J R, Kostiner E (1972) The crystal structure of manganese fluorophosphate, Mn₂(PO₄)F, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2525-2529
Shigley J E, Brown G E (1985) Occurance and alteration of phosphate minerals at the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 70, 395-408 [view file]
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]
Roda-Robles E, Pesquera A, García de Madinabeitia S , Gil Ibarguchi J, Nizamoff J, Simmons W, Falster A, Galliski M A (2014) On the geochemical character of primary Fe-Mn phosphates belonging to the triphylite-lithiophilite, graftonite-beusite, and triplite-zwieselite series: first results and implications for pegmatite petrogenesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 321-335 [view file]
Vignola P, Gatta G D, Hatert F, Guastoni A, Bersani D (2014) On the crystal-chemistry of a near-endmember triplite, Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F, from the Codera Valley (Sondrio Province, Central Alps, Italy), The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 235-245 [view file]
Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 50. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 615-620 [view file]

REFERENCES for Triplite

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]

Hausmann J F L (1813) Triplit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 2 Göttingen 1079-1080 [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]

Heinrich E W (1951) Mineralogy of triplite, American Mineralogist, 36, 256-271 [view file]

Fisher D J (1957) Isokite and triplite from Bohemia, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 587-602 [view file]

Waldrop L (1969) The crystal structure of triplite, (Mn,Fe)₂FPO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 1-14 [view file]

Rea J R, Kostiner E (1972) The crystal structure of manganese fluorophosphate, Mn₂(PO₄)F, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2525-2529

Shigley J E, Brown G E (1985) Occurance and alteration of phosphate minerals at the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District, San Diego County, California, American Mineralogist, 70, 395-408 [view file]

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

Roda-Robles E, Pesquera A, García de Madinabeitia S , Gil Ibarguchi J, Nizamoff J, Simmons W, Falster A, Galliski M A (2014) On the geochemical character of primary Fe-Mn phosphates belonging to the triphylite-lithiophilite, graftonite-beusite, and triplite-zwieselite series: first results and implications for pegmatite petrogenesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 321-335 [view file]

Vignola P, Gatta G D, Hatert F, Guastoni A, Bersani D (2014) On the crystal-chemistry of a near-endmember triplite, Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F, from the Codera Valley (Sondrio Province, Central Alps, Italy), The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 235-245 [view file]

Birch W D (2018) Minerals in the arrojadite, alluaudite and jahnsite-whiteite groups from the Mount Wills pegmatite field, Victoria, Australia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 635-645

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 50. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 615-620 [view file]