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Olenite R120012

Name: Olenite
RRUFF ID: R120012
Ideal Chemistry: NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)
Locality: Curiglia, Val Veddasca, Varese, Italy
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale blue prismatic crystals frozen in quartz and muscovite matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R120012

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120012.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.872(3)Å b: 15.872(3)Å c: 7.106(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1550.3(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Olenite
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]
Sokolov P B, Gorskaya M G, Gordienko V V, Petrova M G, Kretser Y L, Frank-Kamenetskii V A (1986) Olenite Na_1-xAl₃Al₆B₃Si₆O₂₇(O,OH)₄—a new high-alumina mineral of the tourmaline group, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 115, issue 1 119-123 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Puziewics J, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 439-445 [view file]
Ertl A, Pertlik F, Bernhardt H-J (1997) Investigations on olenite with exess boron from Koralpe, Styria, Austria, Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Natur Wissenschaftliche Klasse, 134, 3-10
Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940
Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]
Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Shearer C K, Yates M G, Guidotti C V (2000) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in a tourmaline: boron-rich olenite from Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Austria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 861-868 [view file]
Marler B, Borowski M, Wodara U, Schreyer W (2002) Synthetic tourmaline (olenite) with excess boron replacing silicon in the tetrahedral site: II. Structure analysis, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 763-771
Schreyer W, Hughes J M, Bernhardt H J, Kalt A, Prowatke S, Ertl A (2002) Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in tetrahedral coordination, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 935-942
Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Rossman G R, London D, Fritz E A (2003) Mn-rich tourmaline from Austria: structure, chemistry, optical spectra, and relations to synthetic solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 88, 1369-1376 [view file]
Ertl A, Pertlik F, Dyar M D, Prowatke S, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J (2004) Fe-rich olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Fe³⁺ from Eibenstein, Austria: structural, chemical, and Mössbauer data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1057-1063 [view file]
Ertl A, Schuster R, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J, Koller F, Hughes J M (2004) Mn-rich tourmaline and fluorapatite in a Variscan pegmatite from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 551-560
Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-Beck M, Brandstätter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria, American Mineralogist, 89, 447-454 [view file]
Cempírek J, Novák M, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Rossman G R, Dyar D M (2006) Fe-bearing olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Al from an abyssal pegmatite at Kutná Hora, Czech Republic: structure, crystal chemistry, optical and XANES spectra, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 23-30 [view file]
Bačík P, Méres Š, Uher P (2011) Vanadium-bearing tourmaline in metacherts from Chvojnica, Slovak Republic: crystal chemistry and multistage evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 195-206 [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]
Ertl A, Giester G, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Rossman G R (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data, American Mineralogist, 97, 1591-1597 [view file]
Ertl A, Schuster R, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Finger F, Dyar M D, Ruschel K, Rossman G R, Klötzli U, Brandstätter F, Lengauer C L, Tillmanns E (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715
Kutzschbach M, Wunder B, Meixner A, Wirth R, Heinrich W, Franz G (2016) Jeremejevite as a precursor for olenitic tourmaline: consequences of non-classical crystallization pathways for composition, textures and B isotope patterns of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 239-255
Kutzschbach M, Wunder B, Rhede D, Koch-Müller M, Ertl A, Giester G, Heinrich W, Franz G (2016) Tetrahedral boron in natural and synthetic HP/UHP tourmaline: evidence from Raman spectroscopy, EMPA, and single-crystal XRD, American Mineralogist, 101, 93-104
Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985
Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]

REFERENCES for Olenite

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]

Sokolov P B, Gorskaya M G, Gordienko V V, Petrova M G, Kretser Y L, Frank-Kamenetskii V A (1986) Olenite Na_1-xAl₃Al₆B₃Si₆O₂₇(O,OH)₄—a new high-alumina mineral of the tourmaline group, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 115, issue 1 119-123 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Puziewics J, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 439-445 [view file]

Ertl A, Pertlik F, Bernhardt H-J (1997) Investigations on olenite with exess boron from Koralpe, Styria, Austria, Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Natur Wissenschaftliche Klasse, 134, 3-10

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

Dyar M D, Taylor M E, Lutz T M, Francis C A, Guidotti C V, Wise M (1998) Inclusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valence and site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 83, 848-864 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]

Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Shearer C K, Yates M G, Guidotti C V (2000) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in a tourmaline: boron-rich olenite from Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Austria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 861-868 [view file]

Marler B, Borowski M, Wodara U, Schreyer W (2002) Synthetic tourmaline (olenite) with excess boron replacing silicon in the tetrahedral site: II. Structure analysis, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 763-771

Schreyer W, Hughes J M, Bernhardt H J, Kalt A, Prowatke S, Ertl A (2002) Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in tetrahedral coordination, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 935-942

Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Rossman G R, London D, Fritz E A (2003) Mn-rich tourmaline from Austria: structure, chemistry, optical spectra, and relations to synthetic solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 88, 1369-1376 [view file]

Ertl A, Pertlik F, Dyar M D, Prowatke S, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J (2004) Fe-rich olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Fe³⁺ from Eibenstein, Austria: structural, chemical, and Mössbauer data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1057-1063 [view file]

Ertl A, Schuster R, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Ludwig T, Bernhardt H J, Koller F, Hughes J M (2004) Mn-rich tourmaline and fluorapatite in a Variscan pegmatite from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 551-560

Hughes J M, Ertl A, Dyar M D, Grew E S, Wieden-Beck M, Brandstätter F (2004) Structural and chemical response to varying B content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from Koralpe, Austria, American Mineralogist, 89, 447-454 [view file]

Cempírek J, Novák M, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Rossman G R, Dyar D M (2006) Fe-bearing olenite with tetrahedrally coordinated Al from an abyssal pegmatite at Kutná Hora, Czech Republic: structure, crystal chemistry, optical and XANES spectra, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 23-30 [view file]

Bačík P, Méres Š, Uher P (2011) Vanadium-bearing tourmaline in metacherts from Chvojnica, Slovak Republic: crystal chemistry and multistage evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 195-206 [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]

Ertl A, Giester G, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Rossman G R (2012) Synthetic B-rich olenite: Correlations of single-crystal structural data, American Mineralogist, 97, 1591-1597 [view file]

Ertl A, Schuster R, Hughes J M, Ludwig T, Meyer H-P, Finger F, Dyar M D, Ruschel K, Rossman G R, Klötzli U, Brandstätter F, Lengauer C L, Tillmanns E (2012) Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715

Kutzschbach M, Wunder B, Meixner A, Wirth R, Heinrich W, Franz G (2016) Jeremejevite as a precursor for olenitic tourmaline: consequences of non-classical crystallization pathways for composition, textures and B isotope patterns of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 239-255

Kutzschbach M, Wunder B, Rhede D, Koch-Müller M, Ertl A, Giester G, Heinrich W, Franz G (2016) Tetrahedral boron in natural and synthetic HP/UHP tourmaline: evidence from Raman spectroscopy, EMPA, and single-crystal XRD, American Mineralogist, 101, 93-104

Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985

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