R070645 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Triplite R070645

Name: Triplite
RRUFF ID: R070645
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F
Locality: 10 km east of Shah Nassir Peak, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Source: Dudley Blauwet Gems [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish-orange translucent fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Triplite (7) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070645.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn²⁺_1.55Fe²⁺_0.25Ca_0.20)_Σ=2(P_1.00O₄)(F_0.85(OH)_0.15)_Σ=1 ; OH not measured but estimated by difference and charge balance
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070645

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070645.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.495(4)Å b: 6.517(2)Å c: 10.131(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 120.07(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 771.1(3)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.

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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]