Chlormayenite R130063


 Name: Chlormayenite
RRUFF ID: R130063
Ideal Chemistry: Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Locality: Northwest Africa (NWA) 1934 meteorite
Source: Chi Ma
Owner: Chi Ma
Description: Fine-grained aggregates coexisting with hercynite, gehlenite, and perovskite. Data from Ma et al (2011)
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by electron back-scatter diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Mayenite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R130063.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca11.91Na0.06)Σ=11.97(Al13.89Fe2+ 0.16Ti4+0.01)Σ=14.06O31.89Cl2.11
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130063.9
Sample Description: FIB-TEM SAED ring pattern, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.981(8)Å    b: 11.981(8)Å    c: 11.981(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1719.1(2)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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REFERENCES for Chlormayenite

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]

Büssem W, Eitel A (1936) Die struktur des pentacalciumtrialuminats, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 95, 175-188   [view file]

Hentschel G (1964) Mayenit, 12CaO·7Al2O3, und Brownmillerit, 2CaO·(Al,Fe)2O3, zwei neue Minerale in den Kalksteinschlüssen der Lava des Ettringer Bellerberges, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1964, 22-29

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111   [view file]

Bartl H, Scheller T (1970) Zur struktur des 12CaO·7Al2O3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1970, 547-552

Boysen H, Lerch M, Stys A, Senyshyn A (2007) Structure and oxygen mobility in mayenite (Ca12Al14O33): a high-temperature neutron powder diffraction study, Acta Crystallographica, B63, 675-682

Bailau R, Galuskin E V, Gazeev V M, Pertzev N N (2010) Classification and potential new minerals in the "mayenite" group, Acta Mineralogica Petrographica Abstract Series. 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 21-27 August, 2010. Budapest, Hungary, 6, 493-493   [view file]

Ma C, Sweeney Smith S A, Connolly H C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R, Schrader D L (2010) Discovery of Cl-bearing mayenite, Ca12Al14O32Cl2, a new mineral in a CV3 Meteorite, 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, 2010, 5134-5134   [view file]

Sakakura T, Tanaka K, Takenaka Y, Matsuishi S, Hosono H, Kishimoto S (2011) Determination of the local structure of a cage with an oxygen ion in Ca12Al14O33, Acta Crystallographica, B67, 193-204

Galuskin E V, Kusz J, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Galuskina I O, Ternes B, Murashko M (2012) A reinvestigation of mayenite from the type locality, the Ettringer Bellerberg volcano near Mayen, Eifel district, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 707-716   [view file]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558   [view file]

Galuskin E V, Gfeller F, Galuskina I O, Armbruster T, Bailau R, Sharygin V V (2015) Mayenite supergroup, part I: recommended nomenclature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 99-111   [view file]