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Feruvite R061109

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Name: Feruvite
RRUFF ID: R061109
Ideal Chemistry: CaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Locality: Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Source: Michael Scott S104927 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061109.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061109
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061109.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 15.96(2)Å    b: 15.96(2)Å    c: 7.195(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 1587(5)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Feruvite

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]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168   [view file]

Grice J D, Robinson G W (1989) Feruvite, a new member of the tourmaline group, and its crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 199-203   [view file]

Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 706-713   [view file]

Jiang S Y, Palmer M R, McDonald A M, Slack J F, Leitch C H B (1996) Feruvite from the Sullivan Pb–Zn–Ag deposit, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 733-740   [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Selway J B, Černý P, Hawthorne F C (1998) Feruvite from lepidolite pegmatites at Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 433-439   [view file]

Cámara F, Ottolini L, Hawthorne F C (2002) Crystal chemistry of three tourmalines by SREF, EMPA and SIMS, American Mineralogist, 87, 1437-1442   [view file]

Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913   [view file]

Gadas P, Novák M, Cempírek J, Filip J, Galiová M V, Groat L A, Všianský D (2014) Mineral assemblages, compositional variation, and crystal structure of feruvitic tourmaline from a contaminated anatectic pegmatite at Mirošov near Strážek, Moldanubian zone, Czech Republic, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 285-301

Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306   [view file]