R130089 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Norrishite R130089

Name: Norrishite
RRUFF ID: R130089
Ideal Chemistry: KLiMn³⁺₂Si₄O₁₀O₂
Locality: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown platy massive cleavages associated with purple sugilite and blue wesselsite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Cleavage of an unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130089

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Cleavage of an unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Almega 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130089.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.292(2)Å b: 8.901(3)Å c: 10.066(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 98.15(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 469.4(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.

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REFERENCES for Norrishite
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]
Eggleton R A, Ashley P M (1989) Norrishite, a new manganese mica, K(Mn³⁺₂Li)Si₄O₁₂, from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia, American Mineralogist, 74, 1360-1367 [view file]
Tyrna P L, Guggenheim S (1991) The crystal structure of norrishite, KLiMn³⁺₂Si₄O₁₂: an oxygen-rich mica, American Mineralogist, 76, 266-271 [view file]
Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]
Gnos E, Armbruster T, Villa I M (2003) Norrishite, K(Mn₃²⁺Li)Si₄O₁₀(O)₂, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating, American Mineralogist, 88, 189-194 [view file]

REFERENCES for Norrishite

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]

Eggleton R A, Ashley P M (1989) Norrishite, a new manganese mica, K(Mn³⁺₂Li)Si₄O₁₂, from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia, American Mineralogist, 74, 1360-1367 [view file]

Tyrna P L, Guggenheim S (1991) The crystal structure of norrishite, KLiMn³⁺₂Si₄O₁₂: an oxygen-rich mica, American Mineralogist, 76, 266-271 [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file]

Gnos E, Armbruster T, Villa I M (2003) Norrishite, K(Mn₃²⁺Li)Si₄O₁₀(O)₂, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating, American Mineralogist, 88, 189-194 [view file]