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Pigeonite R200002

Name: Pigeonite
RRUFF ID: R200002
Ideal Chemistry: (Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆
Locality: Belmont Quarry, near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grey to yellow prismatic crystals associated with white anorthite and dark biotite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R200002

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R200002.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.7285(23)Å b: 8.9735(29)Å c: 5.2485(17)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 108.742(19)° gamma: 90° Volume: 433.89(31)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Pigeonite
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]
Winchell A N (1900) Mineralogical and petrographic study of the gabbroid rocks of Minnesota, and more particularly, of the pagioclasytes, The American Geologist, 26, 197-245 [view file]
Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752
Morimoto N, Appleman D E, Evans H T (1960) The crystal structures of clinoenstatite and pigeonite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 120-147 [view file]
Morimoto N, Güven N (1970) Refinement of the crystal structure of pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 55, 1195-1209 [view file]
Clark J R, Ross M, Appleman D E (1971) Crystal chemistry of a lunar pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 56, 888-908 [view file]
Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]
Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]
Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]
Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]
Mernagh T P, Hoatson D M (1997) Raman spectroscopic study of pyroxene structures from the Munni Munni layered intrusion, Western Australia, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 647-658
Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]
Cámara F, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2002) Non-convergent ordering and displacive phase transition in pigeonite: in situ HT XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 331-340
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]
Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Cámara F, Domeneghetti M C (2002) The high-temperature P2₁/c-C2/c phase transition in Fe-free pyroxene (Ca_0.15Mg_1.85Si₂O₆): Structural and thermodynamic behavior, American Mineralogist, 87, 648-657 [view file]
Camara F, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2003) Coupling between non-convergent ordering and transition temperature in the C2/c<—>P2₁/p phase transition in pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 88, 1115-1128 [view file]
Merli M, Camara F (2003) Topological analysis of the electron density of the clinopyroxene structure by the maximum entropy method: an exploratory study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 903-911
Tribaudino M, Pasqual D, Molin G, Secco L (2003) Microtextures and crystal chemistry in P2₁/c pigeonites, Mineralogy and Petrology, 77, 161-176
Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]
Nestola F, Tribaudino M, Ballaran T B (2004) High pressure behavior, transformation and crystal structure of synthetic iron-free pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 89, 189-196 [view file]
Domeneghetti M C, Zema M, Tazzoli V (2005) Kinetics of Fe²⁺-Mg order-disorder in P2₁/c pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1816-1823 [view file]
Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485
Alvaro M, Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Cámara F, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2010) High-pressure phase transition of a natural pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 300-311 [view file]
Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178
Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203
Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]
Lindsley D H, Nekvasil H, Glotch T D (2019) Synthesis of pigeonites for spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 104, 615-618

REFERENCES for Pigeonite

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]

Winchell A N (1900) Mineralogical and petrographic study of the gabbroid rocks of Minnesota, and more particularly, of the pagioclasytes, The American Geologist, 26, 197-245 [view file]

Kuno H, Hess H H (1953) Unit cell dimensions of clinoenstatite and pigeonite in relation to other common clinopyroxenes, American Journal of Science, 251, 741-752

Morimoto N, Appleman D E, Evans H T (1960) The crystal structures of clinoenstatite and pigeonite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 120-147 [view file]

Morimoto N, Güven N (1970) Refinement of the crystal structure of pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 55, 1195-1209 [view file]

Clark J R, Ross M, Appleman D E (1971) Crystal chemistry of a lunar pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 56, 888-908 [view file]

Turnock A C, Lindsley D H, Grover J E (1973) Synthesis and unit cell parameters of Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 58, 50-59 [view file]

Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file]

Lindsley D H (1983) Pyroxene thermometry, American Mineralogist, 68, 477-493 [view file]

Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file]

Mernagh T P, Hoatson D M (1997) Raman spectroscopic study of pyroxene structures from the Munni Munni layered intrusion, Western Australia, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 647-658

Wang A, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A, Kuebler K E, Viskupic K M (2001) Characterization and comparison of structural and compositional features of planetary quadrilateral pyroxenes by Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 86, 790-806 [view file]

Cámara F, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2002) Non-convergent ordering and displacive phase transition in pigeonite: in situ HT XRD study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 331-340

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]

Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Cámara F, Domeneghetti M C (2002) The high-temperature P2₁/c-C2/c phase transition in Fe-free pyroxene (Ca_0.15Mg_1.85Si₂O₆): Structural and thermodynamic behavior, American Mineralogist, 87, 648-657 [view file]

Camara F, Carpenter M A, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2003) Coupling between non-convergent ordering and transition temperature in the C2/c<—>P2₁/p phase transition in pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 88, 1115-1128 [view file]

Merli M, Camara F (2003) Topological analysis of the electron density of the clinopyroxene structure by the maximum entropy method: an exploratory study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 903-911

Tribaudino M, Pasqual D, Molin G, Secco L (2003) Microtextures and crystal chemistry in P2₁/c pigeonites, Mineralogy and Petrology, 77, 161-176

Leroux H, Devouard B, Cordier P, Guyot F (2004) Pyroxene microstructure in the Northwest Africa 856 martian meteorite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 711-722 [view file]

Nestola F, Tribaudino M, Ballaran T B (2004) High pressure behavior, transformation and crystal structure of synthetic iron-free pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 89, 189-196 [view file]

Domeneghetti M C, Zema M, Tazzoli V (2005) Kinetics of Fe²⁺-Mg order-disorder in P2₁/c pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1816-1823 [view file]

Papike J J, Karner J M, Shearer C K, Burger P V (2009) Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 7443-7485

Alvaro M, Nestola F, Ballaran T B, Cámara F, Domeneghetti M C, Tazzoli V (2010) High-pressure phase transition of a natural pigeonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 300-311 [view file]

Papike J J, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Le L, Jones J, Provencio P (2014) Valence state partitioning of V between pyroxene and melt for martian melt compositions Y 980459 and QUE 94201: the effect of pyroxene composition and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 99, 1175-1178

Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203

Papike J J, Simon S B, Burger P V, Bell A S, Shearer C K, Karner J M (2016) Chromium, vanadium, and titanium valence systematics in Solar System pyroxene as a recorder of oxygen fugacity, planetary provenance, and processes, American Mineralogist, 101, 907-918

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file]

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Hazen R M, Treiman A H, Achilles C N, Yen A S, Morris R V, Rampe E B, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Gellert R, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars, American Mineralogist, 103, 857-871 [view file]

Lindsley D H, Nekvasil H, Glotch T D (2019) Synthesis of pigeonites for spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 104, 615-618