R050063 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Spessartine R050063

Name: Spessartine
RRUFF ID: R050063
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Locality: Fujian Province, China
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish brown crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ garnet (97) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050063.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn_2.72Fe_0.24Ca_0.04)_Σ=3(Al_1.95Fe³⁺_0.05)_Σ=2(Si_1.00O₄)_2.75(F_0.58(OH)_0.42)_Σ=1; trace amounts of Mg; OH estimated by charge balance
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00458

Orientation:

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

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050063

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:

R050063.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050063.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.6359(1)Å b: 11.6359(1)Å c: 11.6359(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1575.44(6)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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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REFERENCES for Spessartine
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Spessartine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 52-55 [view file]
Skinner B J (1956) Physical properties of end-members of the garnet group, American Mineralogist, 41, 428-436
Manning P G (1967) The optical absorption spectra of the garnets almandine-pyrope, pyrope and spessartine and some structural interpretations of mineralogical significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 237-251 [view file]
Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1063-1066 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]
Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]
Shimazaki H (1977) Grossular-spessartine-almandine garnets from some Japanese scheelite skarns, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 74-80 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Kontak D J, Corey M (1988) Metasomatic origin of spessartine-rich garnet in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 315-334 [view file]
Smyth J R, Madel R E, McCormick T C, Munoz J L, Rossman G R (1990) Crystal-structure refinement of a F-bearing spessartine garnet, American Mineralogist, 75, 314-318 [view file]
Hofmeister A M, Chopelas A (1991) Vibrational spectroscopy of end-member silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 503-526 [link]
Lu R, Jackson K D, Hofmeister A M (1993) Infrared spectra from solid solutions of spessartine and yttrium aluminum garnet, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 381-390 [view file]
Pinet M, Smith D C (1994) Raman microspectrometry of garnets X₃Y₂Z₃O₁₂ 2. The natural aluminium series pyrope-almandine-spessartine, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 74, 161-179 [link]
Geiger C A, Armbruster T (1997) Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ spessartine and Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet: Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties, American Mineralogist, 82, 740-747 [view file]
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]
Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25
Arredondo E H, Rossman G R (2002) Feasibility of determining the quantitative OH content of garnets with Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 87, 307-311 [view file]
Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T, Demartin F (2002) Atomic displacement parameters for spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and their lattice-dynamical interpretation, Acta Crystallographica, B58, 965-969
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]
Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]
Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]
Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]
Dachs E, Geiger C A, Withers A C, Essene E J (2009) A calorimetric investigation of spessartine: Vibrational and magnetic heat capacity, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 3393-3409
Geiger C A (2013) Static disorders of atoms and experimental determination of Debye temperature in pyrope: Low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction study—Discussion, American Mineralogist, 98, 780-782
Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]
Nakatsuka A, Shimokawa M, Nakayama N, Ohtaka O, Arima H, Okube M, Yoshiasa A (2013) Static disorders of atoms and experimental determination of Debye temperature in pyrope: Low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction study—Reply, American Mineralogist, 98, 783-784
Korinevsky V G (2015) Spessartine-andradite in scapolite pegmatite, Ilmeny Mountains, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 623-632
Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218

REFERENCES for Spessartine

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Spessartine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 52-55 [view file]

Skinner B J (1956) Physical properties of end-members of the garnet group, American Mineralogist, 41, 428-436

Manning P G (1967) The optical absorption spectra of the garnets almandine-pyrope, pyrope and spessartine and some structural interpretations of mineralogical significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 237-251 [view file]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 1063-1066 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file]

Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]

Shimazaki H (1977) Grossular-spessartine-almandine garnets from some Japanese scheelite skarns, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 74-80 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Kontak D J, Corey M (1988) Metasomatic origin of spessartine-rich garnet in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 315-334 [view file]

Smyth J R, Madel R E, McCormick T C, Munoz J L, Rossman G R (1990) Crystal-structure refinement of a F-bearing spessartine garnet, American Mineralogist, 75, 314-318 [view file]

Hofmeister A M, Chopelas A (1991) Vibrational spectroscopy of end-member silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 503-526 [link]

Lu R, Jackson K D, Hofmeister A M (1993) Infrared spectra from solid solutions of spessartine and yttrium aluminum garnet, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 381-390 [view file]

Pinet M, Smith D C (1994) Raman microspectrometry of garnets X₃Y₂Z₃O₁₂ 2. The natural aluminium series pyrope-almandine-spessartine, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 74, 161-179 [link]

Geiger C A, Armbruster T (1997) Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ spessartine and Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ grossular garnet: Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties, American Mineralogist, 82, 740-747 [view file]

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]

Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25

Arredondo E H, Rossman G R (2002) Feasibility of determining the quantitative OH content of garnets with Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 87, 307-311 [view file]

Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T, Demartin F (2002) Atomic displacement parameters for spessartine Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and their lattice-dynamical interpretation, Acta Crystallographica, B58, 965-969

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]

Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]

Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]

Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]

Dachs E, Geiger C A, Withers A C, Essene E J (2009) A calorimetric investigation of spessartine: Vibrational and magnetic heat capacity, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 3393-3409

Geiger C A (2013) Static disorders of atoms and experimental determination of Debye temperature in pyrope: Low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction study—Discussion, American Mineralogist, 98, 780-782

Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]

Nakatsuka A, Shimokawa M, Nakayama N, Ohtaka O, Arima H, Okube M, Yoshiasa A (2013) Static disorders of atoms and experimental determination of Debye temperature in pyrope: Low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction study—Reply, American Mineralogist, 98, 783-784

Korinevsky V G (2015) Spessartine-andradite in scapolite pegmatite, Ilmeny Mountains, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 623-632

Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218