R040099 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Fluorite R040099

Name: Fluorite
RRUFF ID: R040099
Ideal Chemistry: CaF₂
Locality: Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Bob Downs
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale purple fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Fluorite (12) ]

Quick search: [ All Fluorite samples (5) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040099.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_0.99F_2.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

L01716

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -c [0 0 -1].

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Raman Mode Analysis

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040099.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040099.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.46393(7)Å b: 5.46393(7)Å c: 5.46393(7)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 163.123(6)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Fluorite
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]
Agricola G (1530) Fluores, in Bermannus, Sive De Re Metallica ædibus Frobenianis Basel 125-127 [view file]
Gee A R, O'Shea D C, Cummins H Z (1965) Raman scattering and fluorescence in calcium fluoride, Solid State Communications, 4, 43-46
Russell J P (1965) The Raman spectrum of calcium fluoride, Proceedings of the Physical Society, 85, 194-196
Elcombe M M, Pryor A W (1970) The lattice dynamics of calcium fluoride, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 3, 492-499
Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562
Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1977) Dawsonite-fluorite relationships at Montreal-area localities, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 117-120 [view file]
Catti M, Dovesi R, Pavese A, Saunders V R (1991) Elastic constants and electronic structure of fluorite (CaF₂): an ab initio Hartree-Fock study, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 3, 4151-4164
Rosenberg P E (1992) The hydroxylation of fluorite under hydrothermal conditions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 457-462 [view file]
Speziale S, Duffy T S (2000) Single-crystal elastic constants of fluorite (CaF₂) to 9.3 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 465-472
Gagnon J E, Samson I M, Fryer B J, Williams-Jones A E (2003) Compositional heterogeneity in fluorite and the genesis of fluorite deposits: insights from LA–ICP–MS analysis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 365-382 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Verstraete M, Gonze X (2003) First-principles calculation of the electronic, dielectric, and dynamical properties of CaF₂, Physical Review B, 68, 195123-7
Trinkler M, Monecke T, Thomas R (2005) Constraints on the genesis of yellow fluorite in hydrothermal barite-fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany: evidence from optical absoption spectroscopy, rare-earth-element data, and fluid-inclusion investigations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 883-898 [view file]
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233
Duffy T S (2018) Single-crystal elastic properties of minerals and related materials with cubic symmetry, American Mineralogist, 103, 977-988
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Fluorite

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]

Agricola G (1530) Fluores, in Bermannus, Sive De Re Metallica ædibus Frobenianis Basel 125-127 [view file]

Gee A R, O'Shea D C, Cummins H Z (1965) Raman scattering and fluorescence in calcium fluoride, Solid State Communications, 4, 43-46

Russell J P (1965) The Raman spectrum of calcium fluoride, Proceedings of the Physical Society, 85, 194-196

Elcombe M M, Pryor A W (1970) The lattice dynamics of calcium fluoride, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 3, 492-499

Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562

Stevenson J S, Stevenson L S (1977) Dawsonite-fluorite relationships at Montreal-area localities, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 117-120 [view file]

Catti M, Dovesi R, Pavese A, Saunders V R (1991) Elastic constants and electronic structure of fluorite (CaF₂): an ab initio Hartree-Fock study, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 3, 4151-4164

Rosenberg P E (1992) The hydroxylation of fluorite under hydrothermal conditions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 457-462 [view file]

Speziale S, Duffy T S (2000) Single-crystal elastic constants of fluorite (CaF₂) to 9.3 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 465-472

Gagnon J E, Samson I M, Fryer B J, Williams-Jones A E (2003) Compositional heterogeneity in fluorite and the genesis of fluorite deposits: insights from LA–ICP–MS analysis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 365-382 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Verstraete M, Gonze X (2003) First-principles calculation of the electronic, dielectric, and dynamical properties of CaF₂, Physical Review B, 68, 195123-7

Trinkler M, Monecke T, Thomas R (2005) Constraints on the genesis of yellow fluorite in hydrothermal barite-fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany: evidence from optical absoption spectroscopy, rare-earth-element data, and fluid-inclusion investigations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 883-898 [view file]

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

Duffy T S (2018) Single-crystal elastic properties of minerals and related materials with cubic symmetry, American Mineralogist, 103, 977-988

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456