R060912 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) R060912

Name: Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
RRUFF ID: R060912
Ideal Chemistry: CaFe²⁺Mg₂Al₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O
Locality: Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52408 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dull gray-tan crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Jahnsite (7) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060912.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060912

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060912.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.930(1)Å b: 6.933(1)Å c: 9.903(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 110.50(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 960.1(2)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.

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
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	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
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]
Moore P B, Ito J (1978) I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323 [view file]
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file]
Capitelli F, Chita G, Cavallo A, Bellatreccia F, Ventura G D (2011) Crystal structure of whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Crosscut Creek, Canada, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 226, 731-738
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

REFERENCES for Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

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]

Moore P B, Ito J (1978) I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323 [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file]

Capitelli F, Chita G, Cavallo A, Bellatreccia F, Ventura G D (2011) Crystal structure of whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Crosscut Creek, Canada, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 226, 731-738

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]