Durangite R120118

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Name: Durangite
RRUFF ID: R120118
Ideal Chemistry: NaAl(AsO4)F
Locality: Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico
Source: Michael Shannon [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Single orange crystal fragment, used in the Downs et al (2012) study
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R120118.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na0.95Li0.05)(Al0.91Fe3+0.07Mn3+0.02)(As1.0O4)(F0.73(OH)0.27); Li and H by charge balance and difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R120118
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R120118.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.5789(5)Å    b: 8.5071(6)Å    c: 7.0212(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 115.447(4)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 354.84(5)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Durangite

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]

Brush G J (1869) On durangite, a fluo-arsenate from Durango in Mexico, American Journal of Science and Arts, 98, 179-182   [view file]

Kokkoros P (1938) Über die struktur des durangit NaAlF[AsO4], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 99, 38-49   [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478   [view file]

Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268   [view file]

Foord E E, Oakman M R, Maxwell C H (1985) Durangite from the Black Range, New Mexico, and new data on durangite from Durango and Cornwall, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 241-246   [view file]

Downs G W, Yang B N, Thompson R M, Wenz M D, Andrade M B (2012) Redetermination of durangite, NaAl(AsO4)F, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i86-i87   [view file]

Pekov I V, Koshlykova N N, Zubkova N V, Lykova I S, Britvin S N, Yapaskurt V O, Agakhanov A A, Shchipalkina N V, Turchkova A G, Sidorov E G (2018) Fumarolic arsenates - a special type of arsenic mineralization, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 305-322