Rhodizite R050099

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Name: Rhodizite
RRUFF ID: R050099
Ideal Chemistry: KBe4Al4(B11Be)O28
Locality: Mont Ibity, Antsirabe, Madagascar
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Rhodizite (2) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050099.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment: B, Be, Cs not analyzed; Be and B estimated by charge balance
Measured Chemistry: (◻0.49K0.32Rb0.17Na0.02)(Al3.96Si0.04)Σ=4Be4.00(B11.45Be0.55)Σ=12O28
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00516
Orientation: Laser parallel to  a*  (1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R050099
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050099.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050099.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.31532(9)Å    b: 7.31532(9)Å    c: 7.31532(9)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 391.47(1)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Rhodizite

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]

Rose G (1834) Ueber den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 33, 253-256   [view file]

Buerger M J, Taxer K J (1966) Rhodizite: structure and composition, Science, 152, 500-502

Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 529-534   [view file]

Taxer K, Buerger M J (1967) The crystal structure of rhodizite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 423-436   [view file]

Pring A, Din V K, Jefferson D A, Thomas J M (1986) The crystal chemistry of rhodizite: a re-examination, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 163-172   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199   [view file]

Laurs B M, F Pezzotta, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Muhlmeister S (2002) Rhodizite-londonite from the Antsongombato pegmatite, central Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 326-339   [view file]

Pekov I V, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V, Kononkova N N, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2010) Londonite from the Urals, and new aspects of the crystal chemistry of the rhodozite-londonite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 241-254   [view file]